Type Species: Madrepora porites Pallas, 1766
Morphologic Description:
Colony form: plocoid, subcerioid, or cerioid; Colony shape: branching or massive or platy; Budding: extramural; Columella: trabecular and discontinuous; Corallite size: small (<1.5 mm) or medium (1.5 mm - 10 mm); Wall structure: synapticulothecal; Lobes: paliform
Species (15 total):
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Porites anguillensis Vaughan 1919; CC Species #62. |
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Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816; CC Species #63. |
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Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919; CC Species #69. |
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Porites branneri Rathbun 1887; CC Species #70. |
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Porites carrizensis Vaughan 1917; CC Species #71. |
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Porites colonensis Zlatarski 1990; CC Species #73. |
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Porites convivatoris Foster 1986; CC Species #74. |
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Porites divaricata Lesueur 1821; CC Species #75. |
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Porites furcata Lamarck 1816; CC Species #76. |
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Porites macdonaldi Vaughan 1919; CC Species #64. |
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Porites porites (Pallas 1766); CC Species #77. |
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Porites portoricensis (Vaughan 1919); CC Species #65. |
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Porites trinitatis Vaughan in Vaughan & Hoffmeister 1926; CC Species #66. |
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Porites verrilli Rehberg 1893; CC Species #67. |
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Porites waylandi Foster 1986; CC Species #68. |
