> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md) **Phylum**:: [Cnidaria](Cnidaria.md) **Subphylum**:: [Anthozoa](Anthozoa.md) **Class**:: [Hexacorallia](Hexacorallia.md) **Subclass**:: **Order**:: [Scleractinia](Scleractinia.md) **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Poritidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Porites **Species**:: ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670158082/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Cnidaria/Porites_jeune_s2or6z.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670158082/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Cnidaria/Porites_jeune_s2or6z.jpg) *[96 - 2022-11-27 - Middle Garden - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](96%20-%202022-11-27%20-%20Middle%20Garden%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md) - With [Xenia sp.](Xenia%20sp..md) and [Acropora sp.](Acropora%20sp..md) around, as well as two little kind of glass fish waiting on it* ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670158051/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Cnidaria/corail_poreux_montagneux_bnr8xp.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670158051/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Cnidaria/corail_poreux_montagneux_bnr8xp.jpg) *[98 - 2022-11-28 - Thomas Reef - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](98%20-%202022-11-28%20-%20Thomas%20Reef%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md) - Brocoli [Nephtheidae sp.](Nephtheidae%20sp..md) rounded by Porites* ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670158144/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Cnidaria/Fabian%20%C3%A9toile.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670158144/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Cnidaria/Fabian%20%C3%A9toile.jpg) *[99 - 2022-11-28 - Middle Garden - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](99%20-%202022-11-28%20-%20Middle%20Garden%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md) - Not sure about this one, but seems to be a Porites, maybe a [P. Lutea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porites_lutea), [P. lobata](http://www.coralsoftheworld.org/species_factsheets/species_factsheet_summary/porites-lobata/) or [P. solida](http://www.coralsoftheworld.org/species_factsheets/species_factsheet_summary/porites-solida/). Don't know also if it's multiples differents colonies that are sticked together or one unique colony.* ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1681652041/obsidian/Martinique%20Fev%202023/Cnidaria%20Incertae%20Sedis/P2260287_fq4q4l.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1681652041/obsidian/Martinique%20Fev%202023/Cnidaria%20Incertae%20Sedis/P2260287_fq4q4l.jpg) *[109 - 2023-02-26 - Coucoune - Saint Pierre - Martinique](109%20-%202023-02-26%20-%20Coucoune%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - Not sure for this one #incertae-sedis but seems to be Porites porites- [Find this link on Doris](https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Porites-porites-Porite-digite-5530/(rOffset)/16) that seems to be showing this kind of animal.* ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1681652039/obsidian/Martinique%20Fev%202023/Hexacorallia/P3010528_wcxuw7.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1681652039/obsidian/Martinique%20Fev%202023/Hexacorallia/P3010528_wcxuw7.jpg) *[116 - 2023-03-01 - Sources chaudes - Saint Pierre - Martinique](116%20-%202023-03-01%20-%20Sources%20chaudes%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - Maybe Porites porites. It's the only digitalized Porites that we can find in caribbean sea, so...* ## Notes ## References - https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/526211?lg=en - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Porites-porites-Porite-digite-5530/(rOffset)/16 - http://www.coralsoftheworld.org/species_factsheets/species_factsheet_summary/porites-porites/