WoRMS name details
Porites (Napopora) Quelch, 1884
760281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:760281)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Subgenus
- Species Porites (Napopora) horizontalata Hoffmeister, 1925 accepted as Porites horizontalata Hoffmeister, 1925 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Porites (Napopora) latistellata Quelch, 1886 accepted as Porites latistellata Quelch, 1886 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Porites (Napopora) latistellate Quelch, 1886 accepted as Porites latistellata Quelch, 1886 (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
- Species Porites (Napopora) semilunaris Nemenzo, 1976 accepted as Porites vaughani Crossland, 1952 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Porites (Napopora) sillimaniana Nemenzo, 1976 accepted as Porites sillimaniana Nemenzo, 1976 (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Porites (Napopora) vaughani Crossland, 1952 accepted as Porites vaughani Crossland, 1952 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Porites (Napopora) violetae Nemenzo, 1971 accepted as Porites deformis Nemenzo, 1955 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Napopora Quelch, 1884) Quelch, J.J. 1884. Preliminary notice of new genera and species of Challenger reef-corals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5th Series 13: 292-297., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938409459237 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Porites (Napopora) Quelch, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=760281 on 2026-02-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Napopora Quelch, 1884) Quelch, J.J. 1884. Preliminary notice of new genera and species of Challenger reef-corals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5th Series 13: 292-297., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938409459237 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1982). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part IV. Family Poritidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 5: 1-159. [details] Available for editors 
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