Porites
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Porites is a genus of scleractinian coral which is characterised by a finger-like morphology. Members of this genus have widely spaced calices, a well-developed wall reticulum and are bilaterally symmetrical.
[edit] Species
- Porites annae Crossland, 1952
- †Porites anguillensis Vaughan, 1919
- Porites aranetai Nemenzo, 1955
- Porites arnaudi Reyes-Bonilla & Carricart-Ganivet, 2000
- Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
- Porites attenuata Nemenzo, 1955
- Porites australiensis Vaughan, 1918
- Porites baueri Squires, 1959
- Porites branneri Rathbun, 1887
- Porites brighami Vaughan, 1907
- Porites cocosensis Wells, 1950
- Porites colonensis Zlatarski, 1990
- Porites columnaris Klunzinger, 1879
- Porites compressa Dana, 1846
- Porites cumulatus Nemenzo, 1955
- Porites cylindrica Dana, 1846
- Porites decasepta Clareboudt, 2006
- Porites deformis Nemenzo, 1955
- Porites densa Vaughan, 1918
- Porites desilveri Veron, 2000
- Porites divaricata LeSueur, 1821
- Porites echinulata Klunzinger, 1879
- Porites eridani Umbgrove, 1940
- Porites evermanni Vaughan, 1907
- Porites flavus Veron, 2000
- Porites furcata Lamarck, 1816
- Porites gabonensis Gravier, 1911
- Porites harrisoni Veron, 2000
- Porites heronensis Veron, 1985
- Porites horizontalata Hoffmeister, 1925
- Porites iwayamaensis Eguchi, 1938
- Porites latistellata Quelch, 1886
- Porites lichen Dana, 1846
- Porites lobata Dana, 1846
- Porites lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- †Porites macdonaldi Vaughan, 1919
- Porites mayeri Vaughan, 1918
- Porites monticulosa Dana, 1846
- Porites murrayensis Vaughan, 1918
- Porites myrmidonensis Veron, 1985
- Porites napopora Veron, 2000
- Porites negrosensis Veron, 1990
- Porites nigrescens Dana, 1846
- Porites nodifera Klunzinger, 1879
- Porites okinawensis Veron, 1990
- Porites ornata Nemenzo, 1971
- Porites panamensis Verrill, 1866
- Porites porites Pallas, 1766
- †Porites portoricensis Vaughan, 1919
- Porites profundus Rehberg, 1892
- Porites pukoensis Vaughan, 1907
- Porites rugosa Fenner & Veron, 2000
- Porites rus Forskål, 1775
- Porites sillimaniani Nemenzo, 1976
- Porites solida Forskål, 1775
- Porites somaliensis Gravier, 1910
- Porites stephensoni Crossland, 1952
- Porites sverdrupi Durham, 1947
- †Porites trinitatis Vaughan in Vaughan and Hoffmeister, 1926
- Porites tuberculosa Veron, 2000
- Porites undulata Klunzinger, 1879
- Porites vaughani Crossland, 1952
- Porites verrilli Rehberg, 1893
- †Porites waylandi Foster, 1986
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