Pavona gigantea is a species of colonial stony coral from the genus Pavona. The species was originally described by Addison Emery Verrill in 1869.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pavona gigantea being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pavona duerdeni
- Porites lobata
- Pavona explanulata
- Goniastrea stelligera
- Porites evermanni
- Orbicella faveolata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Agariciidae
- Genus
- Pavona
- Species
- Pavona gigantea
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