Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pavona maldivensis
coral pétreo, Stony coral
Form can be a mixture of thin encrusting or columnar colonies.
Uncommon in Galapagos but can be found on shallow, rocky substrates or on vertical surfaces such as the entrance to crevices or caves.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Agariciidae
Genus
Pavona
Species
maldivensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pavona pollicata Wells
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Found widely throughout the Indo-Pacific region, and in the central and northern Galapagos Bioregions. central archipelago plus Darwin and Wolf
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pavona maldivensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7933. Accessed 18 October 2026.