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> Agariciidae > Pavona decussata
Updated 4/13/2024
Family
Agariciidae
INDO-PACIFIC
Pavona decussata
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Clam
City, Palau, 6 feet
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Beqa,
Fiji, 10 feet
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Savusavu Bay, Fiji, 10 feet
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Paradise Taveuni, Fiji, 12 feet
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Nu'u'uli, Tutuila, American Samoa, 6 feet
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P. frondifera (L) & P. decussata (R)
Tutuila, American Samoa
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INTERLOCKING PAVONA
| Common on shallow reefs exposed to wave action. Stout erect
blades, some interlocking, irregular rows of deep star-shaped calices.
Variable shades of brown , lacking white edges, extended tentacles white
or yellow-green. Pavona frondifera
is smaller and highly contorted. Indo-Pacific excluding Hawaii.
All coral skeletons illustrated
are from scientific collections taken prior to 1998.
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