Porites

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Finger Coral
Porites spp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Anthozoa Order: Scleractinia Suborder: Fungiina Family: Poritidae Genus: Porites Link, 1807
Species
See text.

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