Porites

Summary

Porites is a taxon^[1]. Porites ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Porites's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Porites is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Porites belongs to the parent taxon Poritidae^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Porites is Porites^[6].
• Porites's Commons category is recorded as Porites^[7].
• Porites's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Porites^[8].
• Porites is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Finger Coral'}^[9].
• Porites is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Stony corals'}^[10].

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Classification

Porites's scientific name is Porites^[6]. Porites is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Porites is classified within Poritidae^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Finger Coral'}^[9] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Stony corals'}^[10].

Identifiers

Porites's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47530^[11]. Porites's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 46719^[12]. Porites's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3250147^[13]. Porites's ITIS TSN is recorded as 53178^[14].

Why It Matters

Porites ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).^[2] Porites has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] Porites is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]