> [!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

*[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*

*[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*

*[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.*

*[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.*

*[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/