Pavona gigantea is a species of colonial stony coral from the genus Pavona.[2][3] The species was originally described by Addison Emery Verrill in 1869.[4]

Pavona gigantea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Agariciidae
Genus: Pavona
Species:
P. gigantea
Binomial name
Pavona gigantea
(Verrill, 1869)

References

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  1. ^ Héctor, M.; Guzmán, A.; Chiriboga, A.; Hickman, C.; Edgar, G. (2008). "Pavona gigantea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T133168A3611859. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T133168A3611859.en. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. ^ Jeimy Denisse Santiago-Valentín; Alma Paola Rodríguez-Troncoso; Eugenio Carpizo-Ituarte; Francisco Benítez-Villalobos; Pablo Torres-Hernández; Andrés López-Pérez (25 September 2015). "Reproductive pattern of the reef-building coral Pavona gigantea (Scleractinia: Agariciidae) off southwestern Mexico". Ciencias marinas. 41 (3): 233–246. doi:10.7773/CM.V41I3.2482. ISSN 0185-3880. Wikidata Q111905674.
  3. ^ "Pavona gigantea". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  4. ^ "Pavona gigantea (Verrill, 1869)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-05-08.

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