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Porites
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).
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Poritidae by Gray (1840), Veron (2000) and López-Pérez (2005).
Species
P. (Synaraea), P. amplectans, P. anguillensis, P. arenosa, P. arnaudi, P. astreoides, P. australiensis, P. baracoaensis (syn. P. toulai), P. belli, P. bernardi, P. branneri, P. calabricae, P. carrizensis, P. chipolanum, P. collegniana, P. colonensis, P. columnaris, P. compressa, P. convivatoris, P. crustulum, P. cylindrica (syn. P. andrewsi), P. deshayesiana, P. divaricata, P. diversiformis, P. douvillei, P. evermanni, P. floridaeprima, P. furcata, P. gajensis, P. hawaiiensis, P. heronensis, P. incrustans, P. lanuginosa, P. leptoclada, P. lichen (syn. P. reticulosa), P. lobata, P. lobatosepta, P. lutea, P. macdonaldi, P. maigensis, P. mancietensis, P. matheroni, P. minuta, P. mordax, P. multilamellata, P. murrayensis, P. nigrescens, P. nodifera, P. nodulosa, P. nummulitica (syn. Goniopora ramosa), P. oligocenica, P. pachysepta, P. panamensis (syn. P. californica), P. porites, P. portoricensis (syn. Goniopora matsoni, Goniopora clevei, Goniopora cascadensis, P. howei, Goniopora ballistensis), P. pusilla, P. rus (syn. P. iwayamaensis), P. solida, P. sverdrupi, P. timorensis, P. trinitatis, P. undulata, P. vindobonarum, P. waylandi (syn. P. panamensis)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1807 | Porites Link |
1840 | Porites Gray |
2000 | Porites Veron p. 276 |
2002 | Porites Sepkoski |
2005 | Porites López-Pérez p. 82 |
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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 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 compressa Dana 1846
†Porites convivatoris Foster 1986
†Porites crustulum Oppenheim 1901
†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 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 nigrescens Dana 1846
Porites nodifera Klunzinger 1879
†Porites nodulosa Verrill 1870
†Porites oligocenica Chevalier 1956
†Porites pachysepta Chevalier 1961
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 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 vindobonarum prima Kuehn 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (1382 total)
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Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Danian - Thanetian | Italy | P. sp. (24269) | |
Ypresian | France (France) | P. sp. (80834) | |
Ypresian | Morocco | P. sp. (76990 77117) | |
Eocene | Papua New Guinea | P. deshayesana, P. sp. (70667) | |
Middle Eocene | Italy | P. sp. (146598) | |
Lutetian | Italy | Goniopora nummulitica, Goniopora ramosa (75454) | |
Lutetian | Spain (Cataluna) | P. sp. (76987) | |
Bartonian | Spain | P. sp. (34480 34481 34483) | |
Bartonian | France (Oise) | P. deshayesiana (3494) | |
Bartonian | Pakistan (Sind) | P. indica, P. pellegrinii (11290) | |
Priabonian | Germany (Bavaria) | P. nummulitica (10703) | |
Priabonian | Panama | P. sp. (7274) | |
Priabonian | Spain | P. sp. (69710) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Jamaica | P. sp. A (69726 69728) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Hungary | P. crustulum (123843 123846) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Panama | P. sp. (42488) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Japan (Ryukyu) | P. sp. (41593) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Jamaica | P. anguillensis, P. baracoaensis, P. chipolanum, P. portoricensis, P. waylandi (69724) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | P. douvillei (85755) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Italy | P. nummulitica (69970) P. sp. (69968 69969) |