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Genera Coverage: Alveopora, Goniopora,
/The Best Livestock For Your Reef Aquarium:
Genus Porites, Family
Poritidae
Part 1 of 4
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| Porites solida (Forsskal 1775). Massive,
generally hemispherical boulders of up to meters across. Smooth to
undulating surface appearance. Large polyps for the genus. Very
common in the Red Sea, brown to greenish yellow; so much so that in calmer waters the reef
crest is often termed the "Porites Zone" of this species.
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Porites stephensoni Crossland 1952. Small
(less than 0.1 meter across, colonies that are encrusting, laminar.
Close up showing corallite arrangement. /COTW:
Characters: Colonies
are encrusting, hemispherical or columnar and are usually less than 0.5
metres across.
Colour: Cream
or brown.
Similar
Species: Porites
murrayensis.
Habitat: Reef
flats.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Taxonomic
Note: Poorly differentiated from other massive Porites.
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