Species Pavona maldivensis (Gardiner, 1905)

• Siderastrea maldivensis Gardiner, J.S. 1905. Madreporaria, III Fungida, lV. Turbinolidae. pp. 933–957 in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press Vol. II(Part IV) pp. 807–921, pls. LXVII-LXXXVII.

  Secondary source:

   Veron J.E.N. & Pichon, M. 1980. Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part III. Families Agaraciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 4: 1-459 (Veron & Pichon , 1979 :Source Reference).
• Pavona (Pseudocolumnastrea) pollica Wells, J.W. 1954. Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. Bikini and nearby atolls, Part 2, Oceanography. Professional Paper. U.S. Geological Survey 260: 385-486.

  Secondary source:

   Veron J.E.N. & Pichon, M. 1980. Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part III. Families Agaraciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 4: 1-459 (Veron & Pichon , 1979 :Source Reference).
• Pavona politica Wells, 1954.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Veron J.E.N. & Pichon, M. 1980. Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part III. Families Agaraciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 4: 1-459 (Veron & Pichon , 1979 :Source Reference)

History of changes