Poritidae is a
family
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of
stony corals.
Members of the family are
colonial hermatypic (reef-building) corals. They are variable in size and form but most are massive, laminar or ramose as well as branching and encrusting. The
corallites are compact with very little
coenosteum covering the skeleton. The walls of the corallites and the
septa
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are porous. J.E.N. Veron considers the family is not a natural grouping but is a miscellaneous collection of genera that do not fit well elsewhere.
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Genera
The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera
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in the family:[Poritid Corals, Family Poritidae]
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* '' Bernardpora'' Kitano & Fukami, 2014
* '' Goniopora'' de Blainville, 1830 - 29 species. The polyps have 24 tentacles.
* '' Porites'' - 77 species.
* '' Stylaraea'' - Monotypic. The only species is '' Stylaraea punctata''.
References
Scleractinia
Cnidarian families
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