Reef coral genera are the genera of the stony corals, the Scleractinia, whose colonial members from modern tropical seas are the world's primary reef formers, each colony being many polyps cemented together by the calcium carbonate they secrete. In the family Acroporidae, GBIF lists its genera led by Acropora with about 306 descendant taxa and Montipora with about 173, followed by Astreopora with about 60, Alveopora with about 40 and Isopora with about 10. In the Poritidae the leaders are Porites with about 238 and Goniopora with about 97.
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UC Museum of Paleontology: Introduction to the Scleractinia
UC Museum of PaleontologyIntroduction to the ScleractiniaQuote, Introduction to the Scleractinia
Colonial corals consist of large numbers of polyps, cemented together by the calcium carbonate that they secrete.
GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Acroporidae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Acroporidae
"canonicalName":"Acropora","vernacularName":"Stony corals","authorship":"Oken, 1815","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Oken, L. (1815). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere. [Book (3rd Vol Part One, of 3 Vols, Including Plates Atlas of T.1, 1813], xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403","numDescendants":306
Children of Acroporidae: Montipora
"canonicalName":"Montipora","vernacularName":"cabbage coral","authorship":"Blainville, 1830","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d’après l’état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l’utlité qu’en peuvent retirer la médicine, l’agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. Paris, 1830, 60 : 1-546. https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6944","numDescendants":173
Children of Acroporidae: Astreopora
"canonicalName":"Astreopora","vernacularName":"Star Corals","authorship":"Blainville, 1830","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d’après l’état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l’utlité qu’en peuvent retirer la médicine, l’agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. Paris, 1830, 60 : 1-546. https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6944","numDescendants":60
Children of Acroporidae: Alveopora
"canonicalName":"Alveopora","vernacularName":"Net Corals","authorship":"Blainville, 1830","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d’après l’état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l’utlité qu’en peuvent retirer la médicine, l’agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. Paris, 1830, 60 : 1-546. https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6944","numDescendants":40
Children of Acroporidae: Isopora
"canonicalName":"Isopora","authorship":"Studer, 1879","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"MonatsBer. Akad. Berlin, 1878","numDescendants":10
View the Source GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Poritidae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Poritidae
"canonicalName":"Porites","vernacularName":"Stony corals","authorship":"Link, 1807","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Link, D. H. F. (1807). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1-50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51-100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101-165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1-30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1-38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1-38. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.69815","numDescendants":238
Children of Poritidae: Goniopora
"canonicalName":"Goniopora","vernacularName":"Flowerpot Corals","authorship":"de Blainville, 1830","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d’après l’état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l’utlité qu’en peuvent retirer la médicine, l’agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. Paris, 1830, 60 : 1-546. https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6944","numDescendants":97
View the Source Acropora - Wikipedia
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Acropora is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria.
Wikipedia: Montipora
WikipediaHas Member: Montipora, LeadQuote, Has Member: Montipora, Lead
Montipora is a genus of Scleractinian corals in the phylum Cnidaria.
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