Porites lobata
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Garcia, Maria
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Porites lobata Dana, 1846
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Porites lobata Dana, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207225 on 2026-08-30
created: 1997-02-03T15:17:27Z
modified: 2022-12-30T11:18:02Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Porites lobata Dana, 1846
class: Hexacorallia
family: Poritidae
genus: Porites
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61).
name published in: Hoffmeister, J.E. (1925). Some corals from America Samoa and the Fiji Islands. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 22: 1-90, pls. 1-23.
name published in: Nemenzo, F. 1976. Some new Philippine scleractinian reef corals. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 28: 229-276, pls. 1-10.
name published in: Squires, D. (1959). Result of the Puritan-American Museum of Natural History Expedition to Western Mexico 7. Corals and coral reefs in the Gulf of California. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 118, 367-432.
name published in: Vaughan TW (1906) Report on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific. VI Madreporaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50: 59-72, pls. 1-10.
name published in: Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427.
name published in: Verrill, AE. (1868-1870). Notes on the Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the polyps and corals of the West Coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1: 377-558, pls. 5-10.
name published in year: 1846 - 1849
name published in year: 1925
name published in year: 1976
name published in year: 1959
name published in year: 1906
name published in year: 1907
name published in year: 1868-1870
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 206485
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Dana, 1846
specific epithet: lobata
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted