Pavona cactus
VU — Vulnerable

Pavona cactus

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

↓Decreasing

Population trend

50

Countries

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01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Phylum

CNIDARIA

Class

ANTHOZOA

Order

SCLERACTINIA

Family

AGARICIIDAE

Genus

Pavona

Pavona cactus belongs to the family AGARICIIDAE, order SCLERACTINIA, within the ANTHOZOA class.

03 — Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

Marine neriticMajor
04 — Threats

Threats

Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources

Ongoing

Habitat shifting & alteration

Ongoing

Problematic native species/diseases

Ongoing

Type Unknown/Unrecorded (pollution)

Ongoing
05 — Conservation

Conservation Actions

Habitat & natural process restoration
Species recovery
Legislation
06 — Range

Found in 50 Countries

American SamoaAngolaAustraliaBermudaBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryChinaCocos (Keeling) IslandsEgyptEthiopiaFijiFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGuamIndiaIndonesiaIsraelJapanKenyaKiribatiMadagascarMalaysiaMarshall IslandsMauritiusMayotteMicronesiaNew CaledoniaNorthern Mariana IslandsOmanPalauPapua New GuineaPhilippinesRéunionSamoaSaudi ArabiaSeychellesSingaporeSolomon IslandsSri LankaSudanTaiwanTanzaniaThailandTimor-LesteTongaU.S. Outlying IslandsUnited StatesVanuatuVietnamWallis & FutunaYemen
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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2026). Pavona cactus (Pavona cactus). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/potato-chip-coral

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