Traits taxon details
Poritidae Gray, 1840
- Genus Bernardpora Kitano & Fukami, 2014
- Genus Dictyaraea Reuss, 1866 †
- Genus Goniopora de Blainville, 1830
- Genus Porites Link, 1807
- Genus Protaraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 †
- Genus Stylaraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
- Genus Calathiscus Claereboudt & Al-Amri, 2004 accepted as Goniopora de Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
- Genus Machadoporites Nemésio, 2005 accepted as Goniopora de Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Poritipora Veron, 2000 accepted as Goniopora de Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1840). Poritidae. <em>Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum.</em> 41: 54-84. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Poritidae Gray, 1840. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196105 on 2025-04-30
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Poritidae Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196105 on 2025-04-30
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Gray, J.E. (1840). Poritidae. <em>Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum.</em> 41: 54-84. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
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 Kitano YF, Benzoni F, Arrigoni R, Shirayama Y, Wallace CC, Fukami H. (2014). A Phylogeny of the Family Poritidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) Based on Molecular and Morphological Analyses. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(5): e98406., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098406 [details]
additional source Foster AB. (1986). Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 3. The family Poritidae (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology. 90 (325): 47-123, pls. 15-38.</em> [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
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 Kitano YF, Benzoni F, Arrigoni R, Shirayama Y, Wallace CC, Fukami H. (2014). A Phylogeny of the Family Poritidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) Based on Molecular and Morphological Analyses. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(5): e98406., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098406 [details]
additional source Foster AB. (1986). Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 3. The family Poritidae (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology. 90 (325): 47-123, pls. 15-38.</em> [details]
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