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WoRMS taxon detailsPorites porites (Pallas, 1766)
207238 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207238)
accepted
Species
Acropora porites (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora porites Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Porites flabelliformis Le Sueur, 1820 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites plumieri Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites polymorpha Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (amended spelling)
Porites polymorphus Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites porites f. clavaria Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites porites f. porites (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Porites porites f. typica Vaughan, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites porites var. clavaria Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites recta Le Sueur, 1820 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites solanderi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhodaraea porites (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine,
(of Madrepora porites Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361 [details]
Lectotype (of Porites plumieri Duchassaing &...
Lectotype (of Porites plumieri Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MZUF 849, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Porites porites (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207238 on 2025-05-19
Date action by 2000-09-28 07:24:50Z created Garcia, Maria
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Madrepora porites Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361 [details] original description (of Porites polymorphus Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details] original description (of Porites plumieri Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612 [details] original description (of Porites recta Le Sueur, 1820) Le Sueur, C.A. (1820). Description de plusiers animaux appartenant aux polypiers lamellifères de M. le Chev. Lamarck. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 7: 271-298, pls. 15-17. [details] original description (of Porites flabelliformis Le Sueur, 1820) Le Sueur, C.A. (1820). Description de plusiers animaux appartenant aux polypiers lamellifères de M. le Chev. Lamarck. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 7: 271-298, pls. 15-17. [details] original description (of Porites solanderi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details] original description (of Porites porites f. typica Vaughan, 1901) Vaughan TW. (1901). Some fossil corals from the elevated reefs of Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire (West Indies). <em>Sammlung Geologische Rijksmuseum. Leiden.</em> 2: 1-91. [details] basis of record Kalk, M. (1959). A general ecological survey of some shores in northern Mozambique. Revta Biol., Lisb. 2: 1-24. (look up in IMIS) [details] Othercontext source (Bermuda)
Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
 [request]context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Guzman, H.M., 1998. Diversity of stony, soft and black corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia, Gorgonacea, Antipatharia; Hydrozoa: Milleporina) at Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Honduras. Rev. Biol. Trop. 46 Suppl. 4: 75-80. page(s): 77 [details] additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46. page(s): 38 [details] additional source Steiner, S.C.C., 2003. Stony corals and reefs of Dominica. Atoll Res. Bull. : 497-508. page(s): 1, 4, 5, 7 [details] additional source Karlson, R. H. 1980. Alternative competitive strategies in a periodically disturbed habitat. Bulletin of Marine Science 30(4): 894-890. page(s): 895-896 [details] additional source Cairns, S.D., J.C. den Hartog & C. Arneson. (1986). Class Anthozoa (Corals, Anemones). <em>In: Sterrer, W. (ed.). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, USA.</em> pp. 159-194. page(s): 181, 182 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details] additional source Jameson, S.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2012). Neotypes for Porites porites (Pallas, 1766) and Porites divaricata Le Sueur, 1820 and remarks on other western Atlantic species of Porites (Anthozoa: Scleractinia. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 125: 189-207. [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Humann P, DeLoach N (2002) Reef coral identification Florida Caribbean Bahamas. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, pp. 1-287. [details] additional source Vaughan TW. (1902). The stony corals of the Porto Rican waters. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commision for 1900.</em> 20: 289-320, pls. 1-38. [details] additional source Kitahara, M.V., J. Stolarski, S.D. Cairns, F. Benzoni, J.L. Stake & D.J. Miller. (2012). The first modern solitary Agariciidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) revealed by molecular and microstructural analysis. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 26 (3): 303-315., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is11053 page(s): 306, 307 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Laborel J. (1974). West African reef corals, an hypothesis on their origin. <em>Proceedings 2nd International Coral Reef Symposium, Brisbane.</em> 1: 425-443. [details] additional source Vaughan TW. (1901). Some fossil corals from the elevated reefs of Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire (West Indies). <em>Sammlung Geologische Rijksmuseum. Leiden.</em> 2: 1-91. [details] additional source Boekschoten, G. J. & Borel Best M. (1988). Fossil and recent shallow water corals from the Atlantic islands off Western Africa. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> Leiden 62 (8): 99-112., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149189 [details] additional source Verrill A. E. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464046 page(s): 159 [details] additional source Cortès, J., Guzmán, H. (1985). Organismos de los arrecifes coralinos de Costa Rica III. Descripcion y distribucion geografica de corales escleractinios (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia) de la Costa Caribe. <em>Brenesia.</em> 24: 63-123. [details] additional source Chevalier J-P. (1966). Contribution à l'étude des Madréporaires des côtes occidentales de l'Afrique tropicale (1re partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institute Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Series A: Sciences Naturelles.</em> 28 (3): 912-975, pls. 1-5. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [details] additional source Thiel ME. (1941). Résultats scientifiques des croisières du navire-école belge "Mercator". I. Madreporaria. <em>Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, series 2.</em> 21 (2): 3-28, pls. 1-3. [details] additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1977). The marginal tentacles of Rhodactis sanctithomae (Corallimorpharia) and the sweeper tentacles of Montastrea cavernosa (Scleractinia); their cnidom and possible function . Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium Miami, Florida, 464-469 page(s): 464 [details] additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490. page(s): 326-327 [details] additional source Riemann-Zürneck, K.; Iken, K. (2003). Corallimorphus profundus in shallow Antarctic habitats: bionomics, histology, and systematcis (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 367-386 page(s): 381 [details] additional source Zlatarski, V. N.; Estalella, N. M. (1980). Scleractinia of Cuba with data on the constituent organisms [in Bulgarian]. Bulgarian Academy of Science. Sophia., pp. 312. page(s): 19, 177-178, 186, 253, 308 [details] additional source Cairns, S.D. (1982). Stony corals (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Scleractinia) of Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. <em>Smithsonian Contribution to the Marine Sciences.</em> 12:271-302. page(s): 272, 282-284, Plate 2, Figures 124e-f, 125a-c [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Miller, A. C. (1981). Cnidarian prey of the snails Coralliophila abbreviata and C. caribaea (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science, 31(4): 932-934 page(s): 933, 934 [details] additional source Barrios-Suárez, L. M.; Reyes, J. O.; Navas, G. R.; García, C. B. (2002). Distribution of anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) in the area of Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean [Distribución de las anémonas (Anthozoa: Actiniaria y Corallimorpharia) en el área de Santa Marta, Caribe columbiano]. Ciencias Marinas, 28(1): 37-48 page(s): 40-41 [details] additional source Shenkar, N.; Fine, M.; Loya, Y. (2005). Size matters: bleaching dynamics of the coral Oculina patagonica. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 294, 181-188 page(s): 182 [details] additional source Brugler, M. R.; France, S. C. (2007). The complete mitochondrial genome of the black coral Chrysopathes formosa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) supports classification of antipatharians within the subclass Hexacorallia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 42, 776-788 page(s): 778 [details] additional source Day, R. J. (1994). Algal symbiosis in Bunodeopsis: sea anemones with "auxiliary" structures. Biological Bulletin, 186, 182-194 page(s): 192 [details] additional source Edmunds, P. J. (2007). Physiological ecology of the clonal corallimorpharian Corynactis californica. Marine Biology, 150, 783-796 page(s): 793 [details] additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295. page(s): 293 [details] additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113 page(s): 62, 88, 112 [details] additional source Almy CC, Carrión-Torres C. (1963). Shallow water stony corals of Puerto Rico. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 3: 269-279. [details] additional source Zlatarski V. (1972). Sobre la fauna coralina de Cuba. <em>Circulares del Museo y Biblioteca de Zoologia de la Habana.</em> 13(351): 1501-1507. [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Porites plumieri Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MZUF 849, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR I/453/E3 [details]
Nontype NMSR I/503/E3 [details]
Paralectotype (of Porites plumieri Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MRSN 255, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Syntype (of Porites solanderi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 252, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type (of Porites solanderi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 258, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type (of Porites solanderi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MZUF 647, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Unreviewed
Habitat rocks (Kalk, 1959). [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Madrepora porites Pallas, 1766) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Porites porites) To GenBank (176 nucleotides; 37 proteins) To GenBank (176 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora porites Pallas, 1766) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To NMNH Extant Collection (Porites clavaria (current name Porites porites); USNM 15865, USNM 15863) To NMNH Extant Collection (Porites clavaria (current name Porites porites); USNM 15865, USNM 15863) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1592 records) To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 089617) To ITIS |
