Porites porites

(Pallas, 1766)



Holotype: lost no number; Recent; unspecified, West Indies.

Morphologic Description: Synonyms:

(C) AFB.

 Specimen details:
Image Description: Figured MZUT Coel. 252
Image view: colony.

Locality: St. Thomas, Antilles, south Caribbean. Recent.
Remarks: Holotype of P. solanderi D & M.


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(C) MHNP.

 Specimen details:
Image Description: figured MHNP Lamarck Colln no. 150
Image view: calice.
Specimen figured Foster 1986, pl.15, f.3.
Locality: unspecified, West Indies, Caribbean. Recent.
Remarks: Holotype of P. clavaria Lam.


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(C) AFB.

 Specimen details:
Image Description: Specimen not registered.
Image view: calice.

Locality: : more information required.



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(C) AFB.

 Specimen details:
Image Description: Field view
Image view: colony.

Locality: <10m Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean. Recent.



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Distribution:
    Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Tamiami Formation. Sarasota, Florida, north Caribbean.
    Early Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, La Cruz Formation. Santiago, Cuba, central Caribbean.
    Late Pliocene, Q.Chocolate Formation. Buenos Aires, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
    Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Early Pleistocene, Caloosahatchee Formation. Shell Creek, Florida, north Caribbean.
    Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Manchioneal Harbor, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Port Maria, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
    Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, Key Largo Formation. Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean.
    Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.
    Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, San.Dom. Terraces Formation. Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
    Late Pleistocene, Falmouth Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.




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