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List of all Genera which belong to Zooxanthellate Coral


Porites porites

Porites porites (Pallas, 1766)

Holotype:
lost no number (lost); Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies.

Species Morphological Description:
Calice diameter: 1.8-2mm; Columella development: intermediate (columella equal to pa; Colony shape: thick branched (>20mm); Number of pali: 5-6; Corallite distribution: even; Number of septa per corallite: 12; Calice elevation: 0.3-0.5mm; Palar ring: intermediate (30-40%); Wall reticulum: 1-2 trabeculae;


(C) AFB
 Specimen Details:
Porites porites (Pallas, 1766)
Specimen: Figured MZUT Coel. 252
Image Type: nat.light
Image view: colony; Holotype of P. solanderi D & M;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies

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(C) MHNP
 Specimen Details:
Porites porites (Pallas, 1766)
Specimen: figured MHNP Lamarck Colln no. 150
Image Type: nat.light
Image view: calice; Holotype of P. clavaria Lam;
Scale:
Reference: Foster 1986, pl.15, f.3
Locality: Recent, Unspecified Locality, West Indies

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(C) AFB
 Specimen Details:
Porites porites (Pallas, 1766)
Specimen:
Image Type: SEM
Image view: calice;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality:

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(C) AFB
 Specimen Details:
Porites porites (Pallas, 1766)
Specimen:
Image Type: field
Image view: colony;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Recent, <10m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica

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(C)
Specimen Details:
Porites porites (Pallas, 1766)
Specimen:
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 10mm
Reference:
Locality:

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Distribution:
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene
Tamiami Formation. Sarasota, Florida, north Caribbean.
Early Pliocene
La Cruz Formation. Santiago, Cuba, central Caribbean.
Late Pliocene
Moin Fm (SantaRosa). Pueblo Nuevo, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Q.Chocolate Fm (Buenos Aires). Buenos Aires, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
Caloosahatchee Formation. Shell Creek, Florida, north Caribbean.
Manchioneal Formation.
       Manchioneal Harbor, Manchioneal, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Navy Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Port Antonio, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Port Maria, Port Maria, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene
Key Largo Formation. Key Largo, Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean.
San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.
San.Dom. Terraces. Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Late Pleistocene
Falmouth Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Recent Recent
10-20m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
<10m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
>30m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.