Porites

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scleractinia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Hexacorallia Ordo: Scleractinia

Porites Link, 1807

Link, H.F. 1807–1808. Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock: Adlers Erben. 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1–50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51–100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101–165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1–30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1–38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1–38. BHL. Reference page.
Benzoni, F.; Stefani, F. 2012: Porites fontanesii, a new species of hard coral (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from the southern Red Sea, the Gulf of Tadjoura, and the Gulf of Aden, and its phylogenetic relationships within the genus. Zootaxa 3447: 56–68. Preview Reference page.
Forsman, Z.H.; Birkeland, C. 2009: Porites randalli: a new coral species (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from American Samoa. Zootaxa, 2244: 51–59. Abstract & excerpt PDF [erratum in Zootaxa, 2269: 68 PDF]
Forsman, Z.H.; Martinez, J.A.; Maragos, J.E.; Toonen, R.J. 2010: Resurrection of Porites hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907; a Hawaiian coral obscured by small size, cryptic habitat, and confused taxonomy. Zootaxa, 2624: 67–68. Preview PDF
Medina-Rosas, P., Lopez-Perez, A. & Reyes-Bonilla, H. 2020. The putative endemic Mexican reef coral Porites baueri Squires 1959 (Scleractinia: Poritidae) is a synonym of the widespread coral Porites lobata Dana 1846. Zootaxa 4816(2): 235–246. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.2.9 Reference page.

English: Finger Coral