| Porites cylindrica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Poritidae |
| Genus: | Porites |
| Species: | P. cylindrica
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| Porites cylindrica (Dana, 1846)
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Porites cylindrica, commonly known as Hump coral, is a stony coral belonging to the subclass Hexacorallia in the class Anthozoa. Hexacorallia differ from other subclasses in that they have six or fewer axes of symmetry.[2] Members of this class possess colonial polyps which can be reef-building, secreting a calcium carbonate skeleton.[3] They are dominant in both inshore reefs and midshelf reefs.[4]
- ^ Sheppard, A.; Fenner, D.; Edwards, A.; Abrar, M.; Ochavillo, D. (2014). "Porites cylindrica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T133496A54274373. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T133496A54274373.en. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ Light, Sol Felty (2007). The Light and Smith manual : intertidal invertebrates from central California to Oregon. James T. Carlton, Sol Felty Light (Fourth edition, completely revised and expanded ed.). Berkeley, California. ISBN 0-520-23939-3. OCLC 83758750.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "How Do Stony Corals Grow? - Corals: NOAA's National Ocean Service Education". oceanservice.noaa.gov. US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ^ Seebauer, Jessica (2001). "Zoology of Porites cylindrica: potential for use in reef-rehabilitation transplantation efforts" (PDF). SUNY Geneseo Journal of Science and Mathematics. 2 (1): 26–34.