Pavona varians
Creators: name: Koch, Theres
name: Ivkić, Angelina
name: Jones, Lewis A
name: Scharnhorst, Victor S
name: Stix, Constanze M
name: Auer, Antonia
name: Schöchtner, Theda
name: Özer, Gözde
name: Steinwender, Simon
name: Wallace Daurella, Joseph
name: Zuschin, Martin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Agariciidae
Pavona
Pavona varians

description: Pavona varians (Verrill, 1864)
Materials
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a current-exposed shallow reef slope; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: C27173B7-E04B-55E3-8014-AEAA4B4C9483; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207303; scientificName: Pavona varians; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Species; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Current-exposed coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir; verbatimDepth: 4.3; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.209′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.181′; decimalLatitude: 25.87015; decimalLongitude: 34.4196833; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 24-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: current-exposed shallow reef slope; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a current-exposed deeper reef slope; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 66E91763-4638-5D01-B3A1-6253E56BA1F7; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207303; scientificName: Pavona varians; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Species; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Current-exposed coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir; minimumDepthInMeters: 8.5; maximumDepthInMeters: 8.8; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.209′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.181′; decimalLatitude: 25.87015; decimalLongitude: 34.4196833; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 22-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: current-exposed deeper reef slope; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a sheltered reef edge; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 5AB161BA-86A6-58AA-A8D5-1B378ADD5A8F; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207303; scientificName: Pavona varians; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Species; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Sheltered coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir; verbatimDepth: 1; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.183′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.140′; decimalLatitude: 25.8697167; decimalLongitude: 34.419; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 24-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: sheltered reef edge; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a sheltered shallow reef slope; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 9A3063F3-E24A-5116-9CC2-BEB634D95DF6; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207303; scientificName: Pavona varians; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Species; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Sheltered coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir; minimumDepthInMeters: 3.7; maximumDepthInMeters: 4.75; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.183′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.140′; decimalLatitude: 25.8697167; decimalLongitude: 34.419; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 23-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: sheltered shallow reef slope; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a sheltered deeper reef slope; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 7DE74121-8948-5C8D-9ECC-3B45FD0F4BAA; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207303; scientificName: Pavona varians; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Species; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Sheltered coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir; minimumDepthInMeters: 7.2; maximumDepthInMeters: 9.5; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.183′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.140′; decimalLatitude: 25.8697167; decimalLongitude: 34.419; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 25-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: sheltered deeper reef slope; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Conservation status
Least Concern
Notes
Fig. 18.
description: Published as part of Koch, Theres, Ivkić, Angelina, Jones, Lewis A, Scharnhorst, Victor S, Stix, Constanze M, Auer, Antonia, Schöchtner, Theda, Özer, Gözde, Steinwender, Simon, Wallace Daurella, Joseph & Zuschin, Martin, 2025, Quantifying diversity and growth form distribution of scleractinian corals, in Mangrove Bay, El Qoseir, Egypt, pp. e 134282 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e134282, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e134282