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Porites porites

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora porites was named by Pallas (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Porites porites by Vaughan (1902) and De Buisonjé (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Madrepora porites Pallas
1902Porites porites Vaughan
1974Porites porites De Buisonjé p. 221 figs. Pl 2, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
genusPoritesLink 1807
speciesporites(Pallas 1766)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Porites porites Pallas 1766
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 11:33:30
Modified: 2008-02-04 13:33:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Porites porites (163837)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Porites porites (209191)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Aruba Porites porites (209173)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Porites porites (35026)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Porites porites (71389)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Porites porites (60894)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Cuba Porites porites (71132)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Porites porites (85449)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica Porites porites (71411 71412)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Jamaica Porites porites (34541)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Porites porites (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Porites porites (80304 120273 120274 120275 120276 120279 120284 120287 120292)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Porites porites (75418 75424)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Porites porites (60886 60887)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Barbados Porites porites (88865)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Cape Verde Porites porites (92705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porites porites (81108 85457 102946)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Porites porites (102708)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Porites porites (89553)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Porites porites (102410 102411 102418)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Porites porites (82819 82820)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Virgin Islands, U.S. Porites porites (119927)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Porites porites (103503 103504 103510 103511 103512 103513 103514 103515 103516 103517 103518 103519 103520 103521 103522 103523 103524 103525 103526 103527 103528 103529 103531 103532 103533 103534 103535 103724 103725 103726 103727 103728 103729 103730 103733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Porites porites (102769 102771 102772 102773 102774 102778 102779 102790)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Porites porites (97624)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Antilles Porites porites (97604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands Porites porites (97605)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Porites porites (165221 165255)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Porites porites (97611)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Porites porites (97552 97553 97554 97555)