Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Parent taxon: Poritidae according to J.E.N. Veron 2000
See also Gray 1840, López-Pérez 2005 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bernardpora, Dictyaraea, Goniopora, Poritipora, Stylaraea
Subtaxa: Porites (Synaraea) Porites amplectans Porites anguillensis Porites arenosa Porites arnaudi Porites astreoides Porites australiensis Porites baracoaensis Porites belli Porites bernardi Porites branneri Porites calabricae Porites carrizensis Porites chipolanum Porites collegniana Porites colonensis Porites columnaris Porites compressa Porites convivatoris Porites crustulum Porites cylindrica Porites deshayesiana Porites divaricata Porites diversiformis Porites douvillei Porites evermanni Porites floridaeprima Porites furcata Porites gajensis Porites hawaiiensis Porites heronensis Porites incrustans Porites lanuginosa Porites leptoclada Porites lichen Porites lobata Porites lobatosepta Porites lutea Porites macdonaldi Porites maigensis Porites mancietensis Porites matheroni Porites minuta Porites mordax Porites multilamellata Porites murrayensis Porites nigrescens Porites nodifera Porites nodulosa Porites nummulitica Porites oligocenica Porites pachysepta Porites panamensis Porites porites Porites portoricensis Porites pusilla Porites rus Porites solida Porites sverdrupi Porites timorensis Porites trinitatis Porites undulata Porites vindobonarum Porites waylandi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Australia (60), the Bahamas (19), Barbados (27), Belize (6), Brazil (3), Cape Verde (3), Cayman Islands (43), China (2), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (3), Colombia (26), Cook Islands (9), Costa Rica (38), the Dominican Republic (7), Egypt (54), Eritrea (2), Fiji (2), French Polynesia (42), Guadeloupe (3), Guam (2), Haiti (6), India (6), Indonesia (12), Iran (1), Israel (1), Jamaica (11), Japan (66), Jordan (1), Kenya (33), Kiribati (1), Madagascar (1), Malaysia (1), Maldives (7), the Marshall Islands (1), Mauritius (5), Mayotte (1), Mexico (37), the Netherlands Antilles (16), New Caledonia (16), New Zealand (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Pakistan (2), Palau (3), Panama (36), Papua New Guinea (22), the Philippines (7), Pitcairn (3), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Samoa (2), Saudi Arabia (20), the Seychelles (8), Somalia (2), Sri Lanka (1), Sudan (1), Taiwan (2), Thailand (1), Tuvalu (1), United States (32: Florida, Hawaii), Vanuatu (11), Virgin Islands (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Bahamas (1), China (1), Costa Rica (9), Egypt (1), Indonesia (9), Jamaica (1), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: Florida), United States Minor Outlying Islands (2)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (10), Costa Rica (26), Cuba (3), the Dominican Republic (20), Egypt (1), French Polynesia (1), Haiti (3), Indonesia (20), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands Antilles (14), Papua New Guinea (1), Portugal (1), Taiwan (1), United States (7: California, Florida, Hawaii)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (1), Chile (1), the Dominican Republic (6), Indonesia (3), Malaysia (1), the Netherlands Antilles (2), United States (1: Puerto Rico)
• Miocene of Algeria (16), Anguilla (8), Austria (22), the Bahamas (3), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (19), Cyprus (4), the Dominican Republic (37), Egypt (10), Fiji (8), France (21), Germany (2), Greece (7), Haiti (1), Hungary (4), Indonesia (21), Iran (14), Israel (1), Italy (22), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Malaysia (1), Malta (5), the Marshall Islands (3), Mexico (5), Morocco (13), the Netherlands Antilles (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (31), Papua New Guinea (3), Poland (5), Portugal (4), Puerto Rico (2), Romania (3), Saudi Arabia (4), Slovakia (1), Somalia (9), Spain (28), Sri Lanka (1), Sudan (1), Tanzania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (10), Turkey (7), Ukraine (2), United States (3: Florida), United States Minor Outlying Islands (2), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (12), France (4), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (2), Italy (43), Jamaica (2), Libya (1), Malta (7), Mexico (4), Puerto Rico (6), Somalia (6), Turkey (5), United States (1: Texas), Venezuela (3)
• Eocene of France (2), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), Morocco (2), Pakistan (1), Panama (2), Papua New Guinea (1), Spain (5)
• Paleocene of Italy (1)
Total: 1391 collections including 1979 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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