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Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816

288889  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288889)

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Species
Neoporites agaricus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neoporites astraeoides (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Neoporites guadalupensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neoporites incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neoporites littoralis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neoporites michelini Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neoporites superficialis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites agaricus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites astraeoides Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > misspelling
Porites astreoides hentscheli Thiel, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites astreoides var. braziliensis Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites astroides Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > misspelling
Porites guadalupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites hentscheli Thiel, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites littoralis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites superficialis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites verrilli Rehberg, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Porites verrillii Rehberg, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Subspecies Porites astreoides hentscheli Thiel, 1928 accepted as Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Variety Porites astreoides var. braziliensis Verrill, 1901 accepted as Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. <em>Paris. Verdière.</em> Vol. 2 pp. 1-568., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Lectotype  (of Porites superficialis Duchassaing &...  
Lectotype (of Porites superficialis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 256, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Lectotype (of Porites incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 259, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Lectotype (of Porites agaricus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 245, geounit Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Lectotype (of Neoporites michelini Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MZUF 846, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Lectotype (of Porites guadalupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 244, geounit Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288889 on 2024-04-19
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original description Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. <em>Paris. Verdière.</em> Vol. 2 pp. 1-568., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Porites verrillii Rehberg, 1892) Rehberg, H. (1892). Neue und wenig bekannte Korallen. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften Hamburg.</em> 12: 1-50. [details]   

original description  (of Porites hentscheli Thiel, 1928) Thiel ME. (1928). Madreporaria. <em>Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas, Hamburg.</em> 3 (6): 251-350, pls. 1-5. [details]   

original description  (of Porites astreoides var. braziliensis Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (1901). Comparisons of the Bermudian, West Indian, and Brazilian Coral Faunae. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 169-206, pls. 10-35. [details]   

original description  (of Porites guadalupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Neoporites incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612 [details]   

original description  (of Porites superficialis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Porites incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Porites agaricus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Neoporites littoralis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612 [details]   

original description  (of Neoporites michelini Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612 [details]   

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

basis of record 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 Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap & J.C. Lang. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 333–347. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Amaral, F. D., Hudson, M. M., Steiner, A. Q., & Ramos, C. A. C. 2007. Corals and calcified hydroids of the Manuel Luiz Marine State Park (State of Maranhao, northeast Brazil). Biota Neotropica 7: 73-81.
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additional source Cairns, S.D., J.C. den Hartog & C. Arneson. (1986). Class Anthozoa (Corals, Anemones). <em>In: Sterrer, W. (ed.). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, USA.</em> pp. 159-194.
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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.
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additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em>  [details]   

additional source Forsman, Z. H.; Birkeland, C. (2009). Porites randalli: a new coral species (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from American Samoa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2244: 51-59.
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additional source Humann P, DeLoach N (2002) Reef coral identification Florida Caribbean Bahamas. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, pp. 1-287. [details]   

additional source Vaughan TW. (1902). The stony corals of the Porto Rican waters. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commision for 1900.</em> 20: 289-320, pls. 1-38. [details]   

additional source Vaughan TW. (1901). Some fossil corals from the elevated reefs of Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire (West Indies). <em>Sammlung Geologische Rijksmuseum. Leiden.</em> 2: 1-91. [details]   

additional source Verrill AE. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168.
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additional source Verrill AE. (1901). Comparisons of the Bermudian, West Indian, and Brazilian Coral Faunae. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 169-206, pls. 10-35.
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additional source Cortès, J., Guzmán, H. (1985). Organismos de los arrecifes coralinos de Costa Rica III. Descripcion y distribucion geografica de corales escleractinios (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia) de la Costa Caribe. <em>Brenesia.</em> 24: 63-123. [details]   

additional source Verrill, A.E. (1907). The Bermuda Islands. Part IV. Geology and paleontology, and part V. An account of the coral reefs. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 12: 45-348., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14214322
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additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [details]   

additional source Thiel ME. (1941). Résultats scientifiques des croisières du navire-école belge "Mercator". I. Madreporaria. <em>Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, series 2.</em> 21 (2): 3-28, pls. 1-3. [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.
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additional source Zlatarski, V. N.; Estalella, N. M. (1980). Scleractinia of Cuba with data on the constituent organisms [in Bulgarian]. Bulgarian Academy of Science. Sophia., pp. 312.
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additional source Cairns, S.D. (1982). Stony corals (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Scleractinia) of Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. <em>Smithsonian Contribution to the Marine Sciences.</em> 12:271-302.
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additional source Miller, A. C. (1981). Cnidarian prey of the snails Coralliophila abbreviata and C. caribaea (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science, 31(4): 932-934
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additional source Echeverría, C. A.; Pires, D. de Oliveira; Medeiros, M. S.; Castro, C. B. (1997). Cnidarians of the Atol das Rocas, Brazil. Proceedings of the Eighth International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, 443-446
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additional source Laborel, J. (1970). Les peuplements de madréporaires des côtes tropicales du Brésil. Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, 2, E, (3): 7-261
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additional source Brooke, S.; Young, C. M. (2005). Embryogenesis and larval biology of the ahermatypic scleractinian Oculina varicosa. Marine Biology, 146, 665-675
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additional source Neves, E.; Johnsson, R.; Sampaio, C.; Pichon, M. (2006). The occurrence of Scolymia cubensis in Brazil: revising the problem of the Caribbean solitary mussids. Zootaxa, 1366, 45-54
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additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
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additional source Amaral, F. D.; Ramos, C. A. C.; Leão, Z. M. A. N.; Kikuchi, R. K. P.; Lima, K. K. M.; Longo, L.; Cordeiro, R. T. S.; Lira, S. M. A.; Vasconcelos, S. L. (2009). Checklist and morphometry of benthic cnidarians from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 50, 277-290
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additional source Pires, D. de Oliveira; Castro, C. B.; Migotto, Á. E.; Marques, A. C. (1992). Cnidários bentônicos do Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha, Brasil. Boletim do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro), N.S., (354): 1-21
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additional source Fan, T. Y.; Lin, K. H.; Kuo, F. W.; Soong, K.; Liu, L. L.; Fang, L. S. (2006). Diel patterns of larval release by five brooding scleractinian corals. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 321, 133-142
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additional source Palincsar, E. E.; Jones, W. R.; Palincsar, J. S.; Glogowski, M. A.; Mastro, J. L. (1989). Bacterial aggregates within the epidermis of the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida. Biological Bulletin, 177, 130-140
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additional source Almy CC, Carrión-Torres C. (1963). Shallow water stony corals of Puerto Rico. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 3: 269-279. [details]   

additional source Sánchez M, Armando J. (1995). Benthic communities and geomorphology of the Tesoro Island coral reef, Colombian Caribbean. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras-INVEMAR,.</em> 24(1):.55-77. [details]   

additional source Laborel J. (1969). Madréporaires et Hydrocoralliaires récifaux des côtes Brésiliennes : systématique, écologie, répartition verticale et géographique. <em>Results Scientifique du Campagne de Calypso au large des cotes Atlantiques de l'Amérique du Sud (1961-1962).</em> 9(25): 171-229. [details]   

additional source Zlatarski V. (1972). Sobre la fauna coralina de Cuba. <em>Circulares del Museo y Biblioteca de Zoologia de la Habana.</em> 13(351): 1501-1507. [details]   

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additional source Laborel J. (1967). A revised list of Brazilian scleractinian corals and description of a new species. <em>Postilla Yale Peabody Museum.</em> 107: 1-14.
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Lectotype (of Porites superficialis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 256, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Lectotype (of Porites incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 259, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Lectotype (of Porites agaricus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 245, geounit Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Lectotype (of Neoporites michelini Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MZUF 846, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Lectotype (of Porites guadalupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 244, geounit Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype (of Porites superficialis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 221, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Paralectotype (of Porites incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MZUF 837, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Paralectotype (of Porites agaricus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MZUF 296, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Paralectotype (of Porites guadalupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MZUF 297, geounit Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Neoporites astraeoides (Lamarck, 1816)) MZUF 275, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type (of Neoporites astraeoides (Lamarck, 1816)) MZUF, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type (of Porites superficialis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MZUF 215, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type (of Neoporites littoralis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MRSN 261, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type (of Neoporites littoralis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MZUF 836, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]

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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LanguageName 
English yellow porous coralyellow poritesporous coralmustard hill coralknobby porous coral  [details]
German Knotige Porenkoralle  [details]