WoRMS name details
Madrepora (Porites) Link, 1807
1380607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1380607)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Subgenus
- Species Madrepora (Porites) arenacea (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) astraeoides Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) compressa Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) cristagalli Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) digitata (Pallas, 1766) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) subseriata Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) armata Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Stylocoeniella armata (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) circumvallata Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Montipora circumvallata (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) clavaria (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Porites nodifera Klunzinger, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) conglomerata (Esper, 1792) accepted as Porites solida (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) daedalea (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Alveopora daedalea (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) foliosa (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Montipora foliosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) maeandrina Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Montipora maeandrina (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) pistillata (Esper, 1792) accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Stylaraea punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) spongiosa Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Montipora spongiosa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) stilosa Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Montipora stilosa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Madrepora (Porites) venosa Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Montipora venosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Porites Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Madrepora (Porites) Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1380607 on 2026-09-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Porites Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]
new combination reference Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
new combination reference Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
