Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pavona gigantea
coral pétreo, Stony coral
Thick encrusting species with variable growth form.
Common in shallow, protected, rocky substrates to depths of 25 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Agariciidae
Genus
Pavona
Species
gigantea
Taxon category: Accepted
The genus is erroneously spelled Pavonia in Pourtalés (1875)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Found in Panamà, Gulf of California, Colombia, Line, Eastern Pacific, and common in Galapagos Islands in throughout, excepto Fernandina And W Isabela
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Banks, S. Vera, M. & Chiriboga, A. (2009) Establishing Reference Points to Assess Long-Term Change in Zooxanthellate Coral Communities of the Northern Galapagos Coral Reefs. J. Sci. Conserv. in the Galapagos Islands, p. 43-64.
- Bustamante, R.H. Vinueza, L.R., Smith, F., Banks, S., Calvopiña, M., Francisco, V., Chiriboga, A., Harris, J. (2002) Comunidades submareales rocosas I: Organismos sésiles y mesoinvertebrados móviles. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 38-67.
- Durham, W.J. (1962) Corals from the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32 (2): 41-56.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Chiriboga, A., Ober, W.C. (2005) A field guide to corals of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 54 pp.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2009) Evolutionary Responses of Marine Invertebrates to Insular Isolation in Galapagos. Journal of Science and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands, p. 32-42.
- Pourtalés, L.F. (1875) Corals at the Galapagos Islands. American Journal of Science, series 3, 10: 282-283.
- Wells, J.W. (1983) Annotated list of the scleractinian corals of the Galápagos. In: Glynn, P.W. & Wellington, G.M.: Corals and coral reefs of the Galápagos Islands. University of California Press, Berkley, Los Angeles, London, 213-291 p.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pavona gigantea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7932. Accessed 30 October 2026.