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Poritidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy
Poritidae was named by Gray (1840). It is extant. Its type is Porites.

It was assigned to Poriticae by Wells (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Poritidae Gray
1956Poritidae Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
familyPoritidae

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.

Fm. Poritidae Gray 1840
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G. Bernardpora Kitano et al. 2014
G. †Dictyaraea Reuss 1867
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Dictyaraea anomala Reuss 1866
Dictyaraea gaasensis Chevalier 1956
Dictyaraea garauxi Chevalier 1956
Dictyaraea micrantha Reuss 1867
Dictyaraea poritoides Chevalier 1956
G. Goniopora Blainville 1830
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Goniopora affinis Reuss 1866
Goniopora aldrichi Vaughan 1941
Goniopora ameliana Defrance 1826
Goniopora astraeoides Martin 1880
Goniopora bieskidensis Trauth 1911
Goniopora calhounensis Weisbord 1971
Goniopora ciliatus Veron 2000
Goniopora daxitertia Bernard 1903
Goniopora decaturensis Vaughan 1919
Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846
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Invalid names: Goniopora nomlandi Wells 1941 [synonym], Porites superposita Duncan 1880 [synonym]
Goniopora globulosa Chevalier 1961
Goniopora granosa Matheron 1961
Goniopora hilli Vaughan 1919
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Invalid names: Goniopora aucillana Weisbord 1973 [synonym], Goniopora canalis Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Goniopora jacobiana Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Goniopora tampaensis Weisbord 1973 [synonym]
Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919
Goniopora katzeri Oppenheim 1912
Goniopora laurina Eliasova 1989
Goniopora lobata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860
Goniopora lubinensis Eliasova 1989
Goniopora micrantha Reuss 1869
Goniopora microscopica Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Litharaea colae Gregory 1900 [synonym]
Goniopora microsiderea Catullo 1856
Goniopora minor Crossland 1952
Goniopora nodulosa Duncan 1880
Goniopora norfolkensis Veron and Pichon 1982
Goniopora octopartita Oppenheim 1901
Goniopora palmensis Veron and Pichon 1982
Goniopora panamensis Vaughan 1919
Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834
Goniopora regularis Duncan 1863
Goniopora retifera Trauth 1911
Goniopora reussiana Duncan 1865
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Invalid names: Goniopora taberi Wells 1934 [synonym], Goniopora trechmanni Wells 1934 [synonym]
Goniopora rudis Reuss 1869
Goniopora somaliensis Vaughan 1907
Goniopora stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Goniopora tenella Quelch 1886
Goniopora tenuidens Quelch 1886
Goniopora turonensis Chevalier 1961
Goniopora vaughani Nomland 1916
Goniopora websteri Bowerbank 1840
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Invalid names: Goniopora epithecata Duncan 1880 [synonym], Litharaea subepithecata Oppenheim 1912 [synonym]
Invalid names: Goniaraea d'Orbigny 1849 [synonym], Litharaea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym], Rothastrea Eliasova 1989 [synonym]
G. Porites Link 1807
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Subg. Porites (Synaraea) Verrill 1864
Porites amplectans Felix 1921
Porites anguillensis Vaughan 1919
Porites arenosa Esper 1797
Porites arnaudi Reyes-Bonilla and Carricart-Ganivet 2000
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816
Porites australiensis Vaughan 1918
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
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Invalid names: Porites toulai Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
Porites belli Gregory 1900
Porites bernardi Vaughan 1907
Porites branneri Rathbun 1887
Porites calabricae Chevalier 1961
Porites carrizensis Vaughan 1917
Porites chipolanum Weisbord 1971
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842
Porites colonensis Zlatarski 1990
Porites columnaris Klunzinger 1879
Porites convivatoris Foster 1986
Porites crustulum Oppenheim 1901
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Invalid names: Porites andrewsi Vaughan 1918 [synonym]
Porites deshayesiana Michelin 1844
Porites divaricata Lesueur 1820
Porites diversiformis Michelotti 1871
Porites douvillei Vaughan 1919
Porites evermanni Vaughan 1907
Porites floridaeprima Bernard 1906
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816
Porites gajensis Duncan 1880
Porites hawaiiensis Vaughan 1907
Porites heronensis Veron 1985
Porites incrustans Defrance 1826
Porites lanuginosa Studer 1901
Porites leptoclada Reuss 1871
Porites lichen Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Porites reticulosa Dana 1846 [synonym]
Porites lobata Dana 1846
Porites lobatosepta Chevalier 1961
Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Porites macdonaldi Vaughan 1919
Porites maigensis Kühn 1925
Porites mancietensis Chevalier 1961
Porites matheroni Chevalier 1956
Porites minuta Reuss 1868
Porites mordax Dana 1846
Porites multilamellata Gregory 1925
Porites murrayensis Vaughan 1918
Porites nodifera Klunzinger 1879
Porites nodulosa Verrill 1870
Porites nummulitica Reuss 1864
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Invalid names: Goniopora ramosa Catullo 1856 [synonym]
Porites oligocenica Chevalier 1956
Porites pachysepta Chevalier 1961
Porites panamensis Verrill 1866
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Invalid names: Porites californica Verrill 1870 [synonym]
Porites porites Pallas 1766
Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919
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Invalid names: Goniopora ballistensis Weisbord 1973 [synonym], Goniopora cascadensis Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Goniopora clevei Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Goniopora matsoni Weisbord 1973 [synonym], Porites howei Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
Porites pusilla Felix 1884
Porites rus Forskal 1775
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Invalid names: Porites iwayamaensis Eguchi 1935 [synonym]
Porites solida Forskal 1775
Porites sverdrupi Durham 1947
Porites timorensis Felix 1915
Porites trinitatis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926
Porites undulata Klunzinger 1879
Porites vindobonarum Kuehn 1927
Porites waylandi Foster 1986
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Invalid names: Porites panamensis Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
G. Poritipora Veron 2000
G. Stylaraea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available