Pavona gigantea Verrill 1869 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Belongs to Pavona according to R. A. López-Pérez 2005

See also Inskipp et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Pavona (Pavona), Pavona banoensis, Pavona bipartita, Pavona bronni, Pavona burdigalensis, Pavona cactus, Pavona clavus, Pavona danai, Pavona decussata, Pavona duerdeni, Pavona explanulata, Pavona frondifera, Pavona javana, Pavona longicollis, Pavona machapooriensis, Pavona maldivensis, Pavona matheroni, Pavona microstoma, Pavona minuta, Pavona panamensis, Pavona pennyi, Pavona profunda, Pavona ruvida, Pavona trinitatis, Pavona variabilis, Pavona varians, Pavona venosa, Pavona yamanarii, Pavona (Pseudocolumnastrea) modeloensis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections), Panama (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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