- Porites
Taxobox
name = Finger Coral
image_caption = "Porites spp."
image_width = 200px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Cnidaria
classis = Anthozoa
ordo =Scleractinia
subordo =Fungiina
familia =Poritidae
genus = "Porites"
genus_authority = Link, 1807
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "See text."Porites is a genus of scleractinian
coral which is characterised by a finger-like morphology. Members of this genus have widely spacedcalice s, a well-developedwall reticulum and are bilaterally symmetrical.Species
* "
Porites annae " Crossland, 1952
* †"Porites anguillensis " Vaughan, 1919
* "Porites aranetai " Nemenzo, 1955
* "Porites arnaudi " Reyes-Bonilla & Carricart-Ganivet, 2000
* "Porites astreoides " Lamarck, 1816
* "Porites attenuata " Nemenzo, 1955
* "Porites australiensis " Vaughan, 1918
* "Porites baueri " Squires, 1959
* "Porites branneri " Rathbun, 1887
* "Porites brighami " Vaughan, 1907
* "Porites cocosensis " Wells, 1950
* "Porites colonensis " Zlatarski, 1990
* "Porites columnaris " Klunzinger, 1879
* "Porites compressa " Dana, 1846
* "Porites cumulatus " Nemenzo, 1955
* "Porites cylindrica " Dana, 1846
* "Porites decasepta " Clareboudt, 2006
* "Porites deformis " Nemenzo, 1955
* "Porites densa " Vaughan, 1918
* "Porites desilveri " Veron, 2000
* "Porites divaricata " LeSueur, 1821
* "Porites echinulata " Klunzinger, 1879
* "Porites eridani " Umbgrove, 1940
* "Porites evermanni " Vaughan, 1907
* "Porites flavus " Veron, 2000
* "Porites furcata " Lamarck, 1816
* "Porites gabonensis " Gravier, 1911
* "Porites harrisoni " Veron, 2000
* "Porites heronensis " Veron, 1985
* "Porites horizontalata " Hoffmeister, 1925
* "Porites iwayamaensis " Eguchi, 1938
* "Porites latistellata " Quelch, 1886
* "Porites lichen " Dana, 1846
* "Porites lobata " Dana, 1846
* "Porites lutea " Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
* †"Porites macdonaldi " Vaughan, 1919
* "Porites mayeri " Vaughan, 1918
* "Porites monticulosa " Dana, 1846
* "Porites murrayensis " Vaughan, 1918
* "Porites myrmidonensis " Veron, 1985
* "Porites napopora " Veron, 2000
* "Porites negrosensis " Veron, 1990
* "Porites nigrescens " Dana, 1846
* "Porites nodifera " Klunzinger, 1879
* "Porites okinawensis " Veron, 1990
* "Porites ornata " Nemenzo, 1971
* "Porites panamensis " Verrill, 1866
* "Porites porites " Pallas, 1766
* †"Porites portoricensis " Vaughan, 1919
* "Porites profundus " Rehberg, 1892
* "Porites pukoensis " Vaughan, 1907
* "Porites rugosa " Fenner & Veron, 2000
* "Porites rus " Forskål, 1775
* "Porites sillimaniani " Nemenzo, 1976
* "Porites solida " Forskål, 1775
* "Porites somaliensis " Gravier, 1910
* "Porites stephensoni " Crossland, 1952
* "Porites sverdrupi " Durham, 1947
* †"Porites trinitatis " Vaughan in Vaughan and Hoffmeister, 1926
* "Porites tuberculosa " Veron, 2000
* "Porites undulata " Klunzinger, 1879
* "Porites vaughani " Crossland, 1952
* "Porites verrilli " Rehberg, 1893
* †"Porites waylandi " Foster, 1986
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