Porites
Encyclopedia
Porites is a genus of scleractinia
n coral
which is characterised by a finger-like morphology
. Members of this genus have widely spaced calice
s, a well-developed wall reticulum and are bilaterally symmetrical
. Porites, particularly Porites lutea, often form microatoll
s.
Scleractinia
Scleractinia, also called stony corals, are exclusively marine animals; they are very similar to sea anemones but generate a hard skeleton. They first appeared in the Middle Triassic and replaced tabulate and rugose corals that went extinct at the end of the Permian...
n coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
which is characterised by a finger-like morphology
Morphology (biology)
In biology, morphology is a branch of bioscience dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features....
. Members of this genus have widely spaced calice
CALICE
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s, a well-developed wall reticulum and are bilaterally symmetrical
Symmetry (biology)
Symmetry in biology is the balanced distribution of duplicate body parts or shapes. The body plans of most multicellular organisms exhibit some form of symmetry, either radial symmetry or bilateral symmetry or "spherical symmetry". A small minority exhibit no symmetry .In nature and biology,...
. Porites, particularly Porites lutea, often form microatoll
Microatoll
A microatoll is a discoid colony of coral, dead on the top but living around the perimeter. Growth is mainly lateral, as upward growth is limited by exposure to air. Microatolls may be up to in diameter. They are named for their resemblance to island atolls formed during the subsidence of...
s.
Species
- Porites annae Crossland, 1952
- †Porites anguillensis Vaughan, 1919
- Porites aranetai Nemenzo, 1955
- Porites arnaudi Reyes-Bonilla & Carricart-Ganivet, 2000
- Porites astreoidesPorites astreoidesPorites astreoides is a coral that belongs to the genus Porites. The common name is the mustard hill coral.- References :* *...
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