Scleractinia name details
Porites (Synaraea) hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907
760283 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:760283)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Porites (Synaraea) Verrill, 1864 accepted as Porites Link, 1807
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. <em>US National Museum Bulletin.</em> 59 (9): 1-427., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10230 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Porites (Synaraea) hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=760283 on 2026-09-26
original description
Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. <em>US National Museum Bulletin.</em> 59 (9): 1-427., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10230 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Forsman ZH, Martinex JA, Maragos JE, Toonen RJ (2010) Resurrection of Porites hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907; a Hawaiian coral obscured by small size, cryptic habitat, and confused taxonomy. Zootaxa 2624: 67-68., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2624.1.3 [details]
additional source Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp260i
page(s): 393, 397, 399, 455, pl. 170 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Forsman ZH, Martinex JA, Maragos JE, Toonen RJ (2010) Resurrection of Porites hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907; a Hawaiian coral obscured by small size, cryptic habitat, and confused taxonomy. Zootaxa 2624: 67-68., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2624.1.3 [details]
additional source Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp260i
page(s): 393, 397, 399, 455, pl. 170 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type USNM 21624, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]