Pavona clavus

Pavona clavus
	Pavona clavus colony off the coast; of Queensland, Australia
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Agariciidae
Genus:	Pavona
Species:	P. clavus
Binomial name
	Pavona clavus; (Dana, 1846)
Synonyms
	Agaricia clavus (Dana, 1846) ; Lophoseris clavus (Dana, 1846) ; Pavona (Pavona) clivosa (Verrill, 1869) ; Pavona (Pseudocolumnastrea) galapagensis Durham & Barnard, 1952 ; Pavona clivosa (Verrill, 1869) ; Pavona galapagensis Durham & Barnard, 1952 ; Pavona lilacea (Klunzinger, 1879) ; Pavona liliacea (Klunzinger, 1879) ; Pavona sphaeroidalis (Ortmann, 1889) ; Pavonia clavus Dana, 1846 ; Pavonia clivosa Verrill, 1869 ; Pavonia liliacea Klunzinger, 1879 ; Siderastraea clava (Dana, 1846) ; Siderastraea lilacea Klunzinger, 1879 ; Siderastrea clava (Dana, 1846) ; Siderastrea clavus (Dana, 1846) ; Siderastrea lilacea Klunzinger, 1879 ; Siderastrea sphaeroidalis Ortmann, 1889 ; Stylocoeniella paumotensis Chevalier, 1975 ; Tichoseris clavus (Dana, 1846);

Pavona clavus (common name shoulder blade coral) is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Agariciidae. It is a widespread but uncommon species known from the Indo-Pacific region, the South China Sea, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden. A P. clavus colony in the Solomon Islands is considered to be the world's largest known coral.