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Animalia Radiata Cnidaria Anthozoa Hexacorallia Scleractinia Poritidae
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| 4 genres | > 130 espèces |
| Références web | |
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| Scleractinia.gi Sulawesi.biologie | |
| Description | ||
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| tropical | non comestible | peu urticant |
| colonial, zooxanthellate (donc polytrophiq) & hermatypiques; famille fourre-tout des coraux diff à classer ailleurs! (Veron)
LPS as well as
SPS
polypes svt très ptts (sauf Goniopora sp.) et peu visibles de jour; formes variées (laminar, ramose, branching or encrusting); walls of corallites porous; enduits d'un mucus protecteur >> très résistants au soleil et agitation de l'eau; | ||
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Corallites <2mm diameter Septa fused in non-cyclical pattern: Genus Porites Septa not fused Columella present: Genus Stylaraea Columella absent: Genus Poritipora Corallites >2mm diameter Skeleton robust, not very porous: Genus Goniapora Skeleton delicate, very porous |
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| svt à faible profondeur; constructions svt massives et gigantesques; zones battues et éclairées le genre goniopora a des polypes très longs, charnus et ouverts de jour comme de nuit | ||
| gonochoric, i.e. each colony is of a different sex, with only a few species known to be hermaphroditic; + colony fission and fragmentation | ||
| Etymologies | Source | |
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| Porites | ? grec πώρος = pierre poreuse ou πωρητΰς-ΰος = affliction, infortune ? | Bailly |
| Goniopora | ? latin = pierre précieuse ou grec gonios = angle ? + latin porus = pore, trou | doris |
| Poritidae | ||
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| Goniopora
2019 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Goniopora
2019 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Goniopora
2019 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Goniopora
2019 Cabilao (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Goniopora
2017 soudan ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Goniopora
2019 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Goniopora
2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Porites ?
2019 Dauin (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Porites ?
2019 Dauin (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Porites columnaris
2010 Egypte ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Poritidae | ||
| Goniopora columna | ||
| souslesmers / WetWebMedia / marinespecies / animal-world / meerwasser | Synonymes | ana, 1846 / NT / ITIS 53218 |
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| 2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | ||
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2020 Maldives © even928
(via INaturalist) |
2014 Koh Phangan (Thailand) ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2006 aquarium by Peter Young Cho MD
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-Pacifiq & Red Sea | Corail en bouquet | tropical |
| 1-35m / 20 cm (polypes) | gonochoriq | colonies en milieu turbide, photophile, hermatypique, zooxanthellate, nocturne & diurne, courant |
| Goniopora columna | ||
| Porites lutea | ||
| Synonymes | Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860 / LC / ITIS 53192 | |
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2014 Samoa by Jim Maragos
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Daniel Barshis
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Jim Maragos
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-Pacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
| Porites lutea | ||
| Porites rus | ||
| Synonymes | / NE / ITIS | |
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| 2019 Qseir (Egypte) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2019 Qseir (Egypte) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2019 Qseir (Egypte) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Goniastrea stelligera
2017 Soudan ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Goniastrea stelligera
2010 Egypte ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Goniastrea stelligera
2010 Egypte ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2010 Egypte ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2010 Egypte ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2010 Egypte ©mda (via INaturalist) |
| Porites rus | ||
| Porites solida | ||
| souslesmers / inaturalist | Synonymes | Forskål, 1775 / LC / ITIS 53193 |
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| 2018 Réunion ©Philippe Bourjon
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Daniel Barshis
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Daniel Barshis
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-W&CPacifiq | Corail poreux | tropical |
| 1-20m / 0.5 à 4m (surface) | colonie de polypes, aspect lisse et ondulé, encroûtant, photophile, hermatypiq & zooxanthellate, commun | |
| Porites solida | ||
MàJ 19/03/2023
