WoRMS taxon details

Porites cocosensis Wells, 1950

207242  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207242)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Wells JW. (1950). Reef corals from Cocos-Keeling Atoll. <em>Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore.</em> 22: 29-52. [details]   
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Porites cocosensis Wells, 1950. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207242 on 2024-03-28
Date
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
2014-04-15 21:12:32Z
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2022-12-30 10:18:02Z
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original description Wells JW. (1950). Reef corals from Cocos-Keeling Atoll. <em>Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore.</em> 22: 29-52. [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. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]   

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 Nemenzo, F. (1971). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water scleractinians: VII. Additional forms. <em>Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines.</em> 23: 141-209.
page(s): 143, 161, Plate 11 Fig 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.
page(s): 311 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype MSI U.P.C. - 1290, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]