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Porites

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy
Porites was named by Link (1807) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Poritidae.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Poritidae by Gray (1840), Veron (2000) and López-Pérez (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Porites Link
1840Porites Gray
2000Porites Veron p. 276
2002Porites Sepkoski
2005Porites López-Pérez p. 82

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

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.

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]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (1382 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Italy P. sp. (24269)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (France) P. sp. (80834)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco P. sp. (76990 77117)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Papua New Guinea P. deshayesana, P. sp. (70667)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Italy P. sp. (146598)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Goniopora nummulitica, Goniopora ramosa (75454)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Cataluna) P. sp. (76987)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain P. sp. (34480 34481 34483)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) P. deshayesiana (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan (Sind) P. indica, P. pellegrinii (11290)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) P. nummulitica (10703)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Panama P. sp. (7274)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain P. sp. (69710)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Jamaica P. sp. A (69726 69728)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Hungary P. crustulum (123843 123846)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama P. sp. (42488)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan (Ryukyu) P. sp. (41593)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica P. anguillensis, P. baracoaensis, P. chipolanum, P. portoricensis, P. waylandi (69724)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Chiapas) P. douvillei (85755)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy P. nummulitica (69970) P. sp. (69968 69969)