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Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Porites compressa Dana, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207236 on 2024-04-25

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original description Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

original description (of Porites mordax Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

original description (of Porites bulbosa Quelch, 1886) Quelch JJ. (1886). Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 16 (46): 1-203, pl. 1-12., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-46/README.htm [details]

original description (of Porites mordax f. elongata Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. angusepta Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. angusepta delicatula Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. angusepta paucispina Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. fragilis Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. conjungens Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. profundicalyx Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. pilosa Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. densimurata Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. granimurata Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. clavus Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. compacta Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. divaricans Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. profundorum Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. breviramosa Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. abacus Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Porites compressa f. tumida Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. Atoll Research Bulletin. 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]

additional source Reed, S.A., 1971. Some common Coelenterates in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. In: H.M. Lenhoff, L. Muscatine & L.V. Davis, eds, Experimental Coelenterate Biology : 37-51.
page(s): 41, 49 [details]

additional source Quelch JJ. (1886). Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 16 (46): 1-203, pl. 1-12., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-46/README.htm
page(s): 29, 30, 180, 201 [details]

additional source Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563
page(s): 42 [details]

additional source Dana, J. D. (1846-1847). On Zoophytes. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series. 2(4): 64-69; 2(5): 187-202; 3(7): 1-24; 3(8): 160-163; 3(9): 337-347. New-Haven., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28135503
page(s): 551, 553 [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin. 459: 13-46.
page(s): 38 [details]

additional source Robertson R. (1970). Review of the predators and parasites of stony Corals, with special reference to symbiotic Prosobranch Gastropods. Pacific Science 24 (1): 43-54
page(s): 45, 47 [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Benzoni, F., Stefani, F. 2012. Porites fontanesii, a new species of hard coral (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from the southern Red Sea, the Gulf of Tadjoura, and the Gulf of Aden, and its phylogenetic relationships within the genus. Zootaxa 3447: 56–68.
page(s): 65, 66 [details]

additional source Nemenzo, F. (1955). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow water scleractinians: I. Suborder Fungiida. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines. 15: 3-84.
page(s): 6, 28, 31 [details]

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. [details]

additional source Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427.
page(s): 6, 7, 18, 28, 33, 170, 171, 172, 174-176, 187, 192, 193, 194, 417, 425 Plate LXVII [details]

additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1935). Revised list of the reef-corals from the Japanese seas and of the fossil reef corals of the raised reefs and the Ryukyu limestone of Japan. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan. 42: 379-403.
page(s): 387, 400 [details]

additional source Forsman, Z. H.; Birkeland, C. (2009). Porites randalli: a new coral species (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from American Samoa. Zootaxa. 2244: 51-59.
page(s): 52 [details]

additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1851) Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 7. Monographie des Poritides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 16: 21-70.
page(s): 31 [details]

additional source Kitahara, M.V., J. Stolarski, S.D. Cairns, F. Benzoni, J.L. Stake & D.J. Miller. (2012). The first modern solitary Agariciidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) revealed by molecular and microstructural analysis. Invertebrate Systematics. 26 (3): 303-315., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is11053
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additional source Kitahara, M.V., S.D. Cairns & D.J. Miller. (2010). Monophyletic origin of Caryophyllia (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae), with descriptions of six new species. Systematics and Biodiversity. 8(1): 91-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000903571088
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additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium. 5: 191-216.
page(s): 205 [details]

additional source Boshoff, P.H. (1981). An annotated checklist of Southern Africa Scleractinia. Oceanographic Research Institute Investigational Report, Durban. 49: 1-45.
page(s): 18 [details]

additional source Fenner, D. P. (2005). Corals of Hawai'i. A Field Guide to the Hard, Black, and Soft Corals of Hawai'i and the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, Including Midway. Mutual Publishing, Ltd., Honolulu. 144 pp.
page(s): 20, 32-33, 127 [details]

additional source Rathbun, R. (1887). Annotated catalogue of the species of Porites and Synaraea in the U.S.N.M., with the description of a new species of Porites. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 10: 354-366
page(s): 361 [details]

additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
page(s): 344-345 [details]

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Siciliano, D.; Gulko, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Potts, D. C.; Aeby, G. (2004). Nihoa Island coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000, and Rapture 2000 and 2002 sites [Table 1]. Unpublished. [details]

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Gulko, D.; Aeby, G.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Gardner Pinnacles 2000-3 coral data compiled from Rapture 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 sites [Table 2]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Potts, D. C.; Siciliano, D.; Aeby, G.; Kenyon, J.; Gulko, D. (2004). Necker Island coral data compiled from Rapture and Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 4]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D. (2004). French Frigate Shoals coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Rapture 2000 and 2002, and 2003 Sette surveys [Table 1]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Aeby, G.; Kenyon, J.; Gulko, D.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Maro reef coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, American Islander 2001, Rapture 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 9]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D.; Aeby, G.; Kenyon, J.; Kenyon, J.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Pearl & Hermes Atoll coral data compiled from Rapture & Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, American Islander 2001, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 13]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J.; Dana, T.; Aeby, G.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Midway Atoll coral data compiled from Rapture 2000 and 2002, Townsend Cromwell 2002, US Fish and Wildlife Service 2000, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 14]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished [details]

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Potts, D. C.; Aeby, G.; Gulko, D.; Kenyon, J.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D. (2004). 2000-2002 rapid ecological assessment of coral (Anthozoa) on shallow reefs of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Part 1: Species and distribution. Pacific Science, 58(2): 211-230
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Aeby, G.; Gulko, D.; Kenyon, J.; Siciliano, D.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Kure Atoll coral data compiled from Rapture and Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 15]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E. (2004). Raita Bank, NWHI, coral data from Sept. 2001 Townsend Cromwell survey [Table 16]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source DeFelice, R.; Minton, D.; Godwin, L. S. (2002). Records of Shallow-Water Marine Invertebrates from French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, with a Note on Noningenous Species: Report to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Hawaii., pp. 78.
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additional source Maragos, J. E. (1977). Order Scleractinia, Stony Corals. Dennis M. Devaney and Lucius G. Eldredge (eds.). Bishop Museum Press. Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 84
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additional source Pillai CSG. (1983). Structure and generic diversity of recent Scleractinia of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 25, 1-2, 78-90.
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additional source Baker, A. C.; Romanski, A. M. (2007). Multiple symbiotic partnerships are common in scleractinian corals, but not in octocorals: comment on Goulet (2006). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 335, 237-242
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additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
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additional source Dana, J. D. (1849). Atlas. Zoophytes. C. Sherman. Philadelphia., pp. 12-01
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Containing type locality

Cotype (of Porites compressa f. pilosa Vaughan, 1907) USNM 20911, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Cotype (of Porites compressa f. pilosa Vaughan, 1907) USNM 20914, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Cotype (of Porites compressa f. densimurata Vaughan, 1907) USNM 20945, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Cotype (of Porites compressa f. densimurata Vaughan, 1907) USNM 20946, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Cotype (of Porites compressa f. densimurata Vaughan, 1907) USNM 20947, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Cotype (of Porites compressa f. granimurata Vaughan, 1907) USNM 20936, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Cotype (of Porites compressa f. granimurata Vaughan, 1907) USNM 20951, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMSR 8557, geounit Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMSR 8558, geounit Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Porites compressa f. conjungens Vaughan, 1907) USNM 21276, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Porites compressa f. profundicalyx Vaughan, 1907) USNM 21277, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Porites compressa f. elongata Dana, 1846) USNM 707, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type MSI C-391, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type MSI C-396, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type MSI C-462 [details]

From editor or global species database

Biology zooxanthellate [details]

Language	Name
English	hump coral	[details]

To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Porites mordax Dana, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Porites bulbosa Quelch, 1886)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (73 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE710verycloseup) (from synonym Porites mordax Dana, 1846)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE711wholecolony)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (18 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (31 records) (from synonym Porites mordax Dana, 1846)
To ITIS

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Porites compressa FingerCoral2 DMS

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To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE710verycloseup)

Hosted externally, from synonym

To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE710wholecolony)

Hosted externally, from synonym

To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE711wholecolony)

Hosted externally

To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE711wholeupper)

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