Species under Porites
n= 68
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Porites annae
Crossland, 1952
Encrusting bolder coral Indo-Pacific
Porites aranetai
Nemenzo, 1955
Western Central Pacific
Porites arnaudi
Reyes-Bonilla & Carricart-Ganivet, 2000
Pacific Ocean
Porites astreoides
Lamarck, 1816
Mustard hill coral Western Atlantic
Porites attenuata
Nemenzo, 1955
Mustard branched coral Western Central Pacific
Porites australiensis
Vaughan, 1918
Indo-Pacific
Porites baueri
Squires, 1959
Eastern Central Pacific
Porites bernardi
Vaughan, 1907
False lichen coral Central Pacific
Porites branneri
Rathbun, 1887
Blue crust coral Western Atlantic
Porites brighami
Vaughan, 1907
Brigham's coral Eastern Central Pacific
Porites clavaria
Lamarck, 1816
Western Central Atlantic
Porites cocosensis
Wells, 1950
Western Central Pacific
Porites colonensis
Zlatarski, 1990
Honeycomb plate coral Western Central Atlantic
Porites columnaris
Klunzinger, 1879
Western Indian Ocean
Porites compressa
Dana, 1846
Compressed coral Indo-Pacific
Porites cumulatus
Nemenzo, 1955
Western Central Pacific
Porites cylindrica
Dana, 1846
Yellow finger coral Western Central Pacific
Porites decasepta
Claereboudt, 2006
Western Indian Ocean
Porites deformis
Nemenzo, 1955
Central Pacific
Porites densa
Vaughan, 1918
Western Central Pacific
Porites desilveri
Veron, 2000
Eastern Indian Ocean
Porites divaricata
Lesueur, 1821
Thin finger coral Western Central Atlantic
Porites duerdeni
Vaughan, 1907
Thick finger coral Eastern Central Pacific
Porites echinulata
Klunzinger, 1879
Western Indian Ocean
Porites ericacea
Claereboudt, 2006
Western Indian Ocean
Porites eridani
Umbgrove, 1940
Western Central Pacific
Porites evermanni
Vaughan, 1907
Western Central Pacific
Porites excavata
Claereboudt, 2006
Western Indian Ocean
Porites flavus
Veron, 2000
Western Central Pacific
Porites furcata
Lamarck, 1816
Branched finger coral Western Central Atlantic
Porites gabonensis
Gravier, 1911
Western Atlantic
Porites harrisoni
Veron, 2000
Hump coral
Porites hawaiiensis
Vaughan, 1907
Central Pacific
Porites heronensis
Veron, 1985
Western Central Pacific
Porites horizontalata
Hoffmeister, 1925
Western Central Pacific
Porites iwayamaensis
Eguchi, 1938
Indo-West Pacific
Porites latistellata
Quelch, 1886
Western Central Pacific
Porites lichen
Dana, 1846
Lichen coral Indo-West Pacific
Porites lobata
Dana, 1846
Lobe coral Indo-Pacific
Porites lutea
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Indo-Pacific
Porites mayeri
Vaughan, 1918
Western Central Pacific
Porites monticulosa
Dana, 1846
Western Central Pacific
Porites murrayensis
Vaughan, 1918
Western Central Pacific
Porites myrmidonensis
Veron, 1985
Western Central Pacific
Porites napopora
Veron, 2000
Western Pacific
Porites negrosensis
Veron, 1990
Western Central Pacific
Porites nigrescens
Dana, 1846
Indo-West Pacific
Porites nodifera
Klunzinger, 1879
Dome coral Indian Ocean
Porites okinawensis
Veron, 1990
Northwest Pacific
Porites ornata
Nemenzo, 1971
Indo-West Pacific
Porites panamensis
Verrill, 1866
Pacific Ocean
Porites paschalensis
Vaughan, 1906
Southeast Pacific
Porites porites
(Pallas, 1766)
Club tip finger coral Central Atlantic
Porites profundus
Rehberg, 1892
Indo-West Pacific
Porites pukoensis
Vaughan, 1907
Indo-Pacific
Porites randalli
Forsman & Birkeland, 2009
Western Central Pacific
Porites rugosa
Fenner & Veron, 2000
Indo-West Pacific
Porites rus
(Forsskål, 1775)
Encrusting porites Indo-Pacific
Porites sillimaniana
Nemenzo, 1976
Indo-Pacific
Porites solida
(Forsskål, 1775)
Boulder coral Indo-West Pacific
Porites somaliensis
Gravier, 1910
Indo-West Pacific
Porites stephensoni
Crossland, 1952
Indo-Pacific
Porites studeri
Vaughan, 1907
Deep lobe coral Pacific Ocean
Porites superfusa
Gardiner, 1898
Western Central Pacific
Porites sverdrupi
Durham, 1947
Eastern Central Pacific
Porites tuberculosus
Veron, 2000
Indo-West Pacific
Porites undulata
(Klunzinger, 1879)
Eastern Central Pacific
Porites vaughani
Crossland, 1952
Indo-West Pacific
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