Poritidae

Poritidae
Porities sp. in a coral reef near Bermuda
Systematics
Trunk : Cnidarians (Cnidaria) Class : Flower animals (anthozoa) Subclass : Hexacorallia Order : Hard corals (Scleractinia) Family : Poritidae
Scientific name
Poritidae
Gray , 1842

The Poritidae are a family of hard corals (Scleractinia). Along with the Acropora, they are the most important reef formers and usually grow in crusty or massive, round sticks. Only a few species form branched structures. In the Great Barrier Reef there are coral stocks of the genus Porites that are over six meters high and whose age is estimated to be over 200 years.

The species of Poritidae are delicate and difficult to keep in saltwater aquariums .

Goniopora

Genera

• Alveopora Blainville, 1830
• Goniopora Blainville, 1830
• Porites Link, 1807
• Stylaraea Milne-Edwards et Haime, 1851
• Synarea Verrill, 1864

literature

• Svein A. Fosså / Alf Jacob Nilsen: Coral Reef Aquarium , Volume 4, Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim, ISBN 3-928819-05-4

Web links

Commons : Poritidae  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Classification of Scleractinian (Stony) Corals Family Poritidae
• ITIS Poritidae