Porites cylindrica

Super Group: 
Eukaryota
Phylum: 
Cnidaria
Class: 
Anthozoa
Order: 
Scleractinia
Family: 
Poritidae
Genus: 
Porites
Species: 
cylindrica
Authority: 
Dana, 1846
Synonym(s): 
Porites (Porites) cylindrica Dana, 1846
Porites andrewsi Vaughan, 1918
Porites capricornis Rehberg, 1892
Porites levis Dana, 1846

Diagnosis

Common in shallow lagoons and channels.  Forms hemispheres of smooth branches, calices shallow and flush with the surface.  Light brown, yellowish-green or gray.  Indo-Pacific, East Africa to Samoa. 

Ecology

Habitat: Shallow reef environments.

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Western Indian
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Western Indian
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Florida
Smith RT, ón JH, LaJeunesse TC (2009) SYMBIODINIUM (DINOPHYTA) DIVERSITY AND STABILITY IN AQUARIUM CORALS. Journal of Phycology 45:1030 - 1036. doi: 10.1111/jpy.2009.45.issue-510.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00730.x
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Okinawa
Symbiodinium sp. Nebraska
Smith RT, ón JH, LaJeunesse TC (2009) SYMBIODINIUM (DINOPHYTA) DIVERSITY AND STABILITY IN AQUARIUM CORALS. Journal of Phycology 45:1030 - 1036. doi: 10.1111/jpy.2009.45.issue-510.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00730.x
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Okinawa
Symbiodinium sp.
Smith RT, ón JH, LaJeunesse TC (2009) SYMBIODINIUM (DINOPHYTA) DIVERSITY AND STABILITY IN AQUARIUM CORALS. Journal of Phycology 45:1030 - 1036. doi: 10.1111/jpy.2009.45.issue-510.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00730.x
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Western Indian
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Western Indian
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium- clade C Guam
Symbiodinium sp. Phuket
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Phuket