| Pavona clavus |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: |
Anthozoa |
| Class: |
Hexacorallia |
| Order: |
Scleractinia |
| Family: |
Agariciidae |
| Genus: |
Pavona |
| Species: |
P. clavus |
| Binomial name |
Pavona clavus
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| 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)
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Pavona clavus 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 coral.