NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Porites

Porites Link, 1807

Morphologic Description: cerioid to subplocoid; two septal cycles; bilateral symmetry.

I. Porites with widely spaced calices and a well-developed wall reticulum.

Species (7 total):

P. anguillensis Vaughan, 1919: CC species #62 (extinct).

P. trinitatis Vaughan in Vaughan and Hoffmeister, 1926: CC species #66 (extinct).

P. astreoides Lamarck, 1816: CC species #63 (extant).

P. macdonaldi Vaughan, 1919: CC species #64 (extinct).

P. portoricensis (Vaughan, 1919: CC species #65 (extinct).

P. verrilli Rehberg, 1893: CC species #67 (extant).

P. waylandi Foster, 1986: [CC species #68 (extinct).




Diagnostic Morphologic Characters of Species

Species	Colony size and shape	Corallite Diameter	Number of pali	Columella tubercle	Calice relief
P. anguillensis	medium platy	1.8-2 mm	5-6	strong	0.3-0.5 mm
P. trinitatis	medium platy	1.6-1.8 mm	6-8	intermediate	0.3-0.5 mm
P. astreoides	medium massive or platy	1.2-1.4 mm	<2	strong	>0.5 mm
P. macdonaldi	medium platy	1.4-1.6 mm	2-4	strong	>0.5 mm
P. portoricensis	branches >20 mm thick	1.6-1.8 mm	2-4	intermediate	0.3-0.5 mm
P. verrilli	medium massive or platy	1.2-1.4 mm	<2	strong	>0.5 mm
P. waylandi	medium massive or platy	1.4-1.6 mm	2-4	intermediate	0.3-0.5 mm

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Last updated on February 15, 1997-afb.

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