WoRMS name details
Pavona (Polyastra) ponderosa (Gardiner, 1905)
766560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766560)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Agaricia ponderosa Gardiner, 1905) Gardiner JS. (1905). Madreporaria III. Fungida IV. Turbinolidae. <em>Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge.</em> 2: 933-957, pls. 89-93. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Pavona (Polyastra) ponderosa (Gardiner, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766560 on 2025-04-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Agaricia ponderosa Gardiner, 1905) Gardiner JS. (1905). Madreporaria III. Fungida IV. Turbinolidae. <em>Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge.</em> 2: 933-957, pls. 89-93. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]
new combination reference Matthai G (1948) Skeletal variation in two large coralla from Tahiti, one of Pavona varians (Verrill), and another of Psammocora haimeana Milne Edwards & Haime. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 233: 197-200, pls. 15-16. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]
new combination reference Matthai G (1948) Skeletal variation in two large coralla from Tahiti, one of Pavona varians (Verrill), and another of Psammocora haimeana Milne Edwards & Haime. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 233: 197-200, pls. 15-16. [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Durham JW. (1962). Corals from the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series.</em> 32 (2): 41-56.
page(s): 42, 45, 46, 50 [details]
additional source Durham JW. (1962). Corals from the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series.</em> 32 (2): 41-56.
page(s): 42, 45, 46, 50 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
