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WoRMS taxon details
Porites AphiaID: 206485
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Edited by Database Management Team |
| Rank | | Genus |
| Parent | | Poritidae |
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basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details]
additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. Stylasteridae, Scleractinia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]
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[show all] | | Species Porites annae Crossland, 1952
Species Porites aranetai Nemenzo, 1955
Species Porites arnaudi Reyes-Bonilla & Carricart-Ganivet, 2000
Species Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
Species Porites attenuata Nemenzo, 1955
Species Porites australiensis Vaughan, 1918
Species Porites baueri Squires, 1959
Species Porites bernardi Vaughan, 1907
Species Porites branneri Rathbun, 1888
Species Porites brighami Vaughan, 1907
Species Porites californica Verrill, 1868
Species Porites capricornis Rehberg, 1891
Species Porites clavaria Lamarck, 1816
Species Porites cocosensis Wells
Species Porites colonensis Zlatarski, 1990
Species Porites columnaris Klunzinger
Species Porites compressa Dana
Species Porites cumulatus Nemenzo, 1955
Species Porites cylindrica Dana, 1846
Species Porites decasepta Claereboudt, 2007
Species Porites deformis Nemenzo, 1955
Species Porites densa Vaughan, 1918
Species Porites desilveri Veron, 2002
Species Porites discoidea Studer, 1901
Species Porites divaricata Le Sueur, 1821
Species Porites duerdeni Vaughan, 1907
Species Porites echinulata Klunzinger
Species Porites eridani Umbgrove, 1940
Species Porites evermanni Vaughan, 1907
Species Porites faustinoi Hoffmeister
Species Porites flavus Veron, 2002
Species Porites fontanesii Benzoni & Stefani, 2012
Species Porites furcata Lamarck, 1816
Species Porites gabonensis Gravier, 1911
Species Porites harrisoni Veron, 2002
Species Porites heronensis Veron, 1985
Species Porites horizontalata Hoffmeister
Species Porites iwayamaensis Eguchi
Species Porites lanuginosa Studer, 1901
Species Porites latistella Quelch, 1884
Species Porites lichen Dana, 1846
Species Porites lobata Dana, 1846
Species Porites lutea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860
Species Porites mauritiensis Bernard
Species Porites mayeri Vaughan, 1918
Species Porites monticulosa Dana, 1846
Species Porites mordax Dana
Species Porites murrayensis Vaughan
Species Porites myrmidonensis Veron, 1985
Species Porites napopora Veron, 2002
Species Porites negrosensis Veron, 1990
Species Porites nigrescens Dana, 1848
Species Porites nodifera Klunzinger
Species Porites nodulosa Verrill
Species Porites okinawensis Veron, 1990
Species Porites panamensis Verrill, 1864
Species Porites porites Pallas
Species Porites profundus Rehberg, 1891
Species Porites pukoensis Vaughan
Species Porites punctata (Klunzinger)
Species Porites rugosa Fenner & Veron, 2002
Species Porites rus (Forskal, 1775)
Species Porites schauinslandi Studer, 1901
Species Porites sillimaniani Nemenzo, 1976
Species Porites solida (Forskal, 1775)
Species Porites somaliensis Gravier
Species Porites stephensoni Crossland, 1952
Species Porites studeri Vaughan, 1907
Species Porites sverdrupi Durham, 1947
Species Porites tenuis Verrill, 1866
Species Porites tuberculosa Veron, 2002
Species Porites undulata
Species Porites vaughani Crossland, 1952
Species Porites andrewsi Vaughan, 1918 accepted as Porites cylindrica Dana, 1846
Species Porites arenosa (Esper) accepted as Porites lutea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860
Species Porites convexa Verrill accepted as Montipora danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)
Species Porites danai Ellis & Solander accepted as Montipora danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)
Species Porites viridis Gardiner accepted as Porites lichen Dana, 1846
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| Host of | |
Pennatulicola corallophilus Nair & Pillai, 1986 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ravahina tumida Humes & Ho, 1968 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xenomolgus varius Humes & Stock, 1972 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Asteropontius humesi Kim I.H., 2010 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Kombia avitus Kim I.H., 2007 (symbiotic: unspecified type)
Anchimolgus prolixipes (Humes & Ho, 1968) (symbiotic: unspecified type)
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| Notes | |
Description: Colonies are flat (foliaceous or encrusting), massive or branching. Massive colonies are spherical or hemispherical when small and helmet- or dome-shaped when large, and are commonly over 5 m in diameter. Corallites are small, immersed, with calices less than 2 mm in diameter and filled with septa. Polyps are usually extended only at night (Veron, 1986).
Corallites often very small (<2 mm across), but colonies very large. Colonies domed; can reach up to 8 m in height (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Remark: Type species: Porites polymorphus Link, 1807 (= Porites porites Pallas, 1766 (Veron, 1986). [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206485 |
Taxonomic
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| 1997-02-03 14:17:27Z | created | Vanden Berghe, Edward |
| 2000-09-13 07:19:12Z | changed | Garcia, Maria |
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| | | Citation: WoRMS (2013). Porites. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206485 on 2013-05-19 |
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