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Porites porites

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

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)

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Porites porites Pallas 1766
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