Poritidae

Poritidae
	Porities sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Poritidae
Genera
	See text

Poritidae is a family of stony corals.^[1] Members of the family are colonial hermatypic (reef-building) corals. They are variable in size and form but most are massive, laminar or ramose as well as branching and encrusting. The corallites are compact with very little coenosteum covering the skeleton. The walls of the corallites and the septa are porous. J.E.N. Veron considers the family is not a natural grouping but is a miscellaneous collection of genera that do not fit well elsewhere.^[1]^[2]

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in the family:^[1]^[3]

Bernardpora Kitano & Fukami, 2014
Goniopora de Blainville, 1830 - 29 species. The polyps have 24 tentacles.
Porites - 77 species.
Stylaraea - Monotypic. The only species is Stylaraea punctata.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c WoRMS (2018). "Poritidae; Gray, 1847". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
^ Veron, J. E. N. (1985). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
^ Poritid Corals, Family Poritidae WetWebMedia.com. Retrieved 2011-12-18.

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2018). "Poritidae; Gray, 1847". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-08-21.

[2] Veron, J. E. N. (1985). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.

[3] Poritid Corals, Family Poritidae WetWebMedia.com. Retrieved 2011-12-18.

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