Porites spp.

Koch, Theres, Ivkić, Angelina, Jones, Lewis A, Scharnhorst, Victor S, Stix, Constanze M, Auer, Antonia, Schöchtner, Theda, Özer, Gözde, Steinwender, Simon, Wallace Daurella, Joseph & Zuschin, Martin, 2025, Quantifying diversity and growth form distribution of scleractinian corals, in Mangrove Bay, El Qoseir, Egypt, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 134282-e 134282 : e134282-

Porites spp. Link, 1807

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a current-exposed reef edge; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 6029AA53-7CFC-56B1-9652-4C0E6AB5B56E; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206485; scientificName: Porites spp. ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Genus; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Current-exposed coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir ; verbatimDepth: 1; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.209′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.181′; decimalLatitude: 25.87015; decimalLongitude: 34.4196833; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 22-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: current-exposed reef edge; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a current-exposed shallow reef slope; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 13966F0F-B746-5AF7-9BD4-4EA9060B6EAA; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206485; scientificName: Porites spp. ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Genus; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Current-exposed coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir ; verbatimDepth: 4.3; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.209′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.181′; decimalLatitude: 25.87015; decimalLongitude: 34.4196833; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 22-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: current-exposed shallow reef slope; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a current-exposed deeper reef slope; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 551F0ED2-48C7-5CB1-9DE1-9D31D4F30AD6; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206485; scientificName: Porites spp. ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Genus; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Current-exposed coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir ; minimumDepthInMeters: 8.5; maximumDepthInMeters: 8.8; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.209′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.181′; decimalLatitude: 25.87015; decimalLongitude: 34.4196833; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 22-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: current-exposed deeper reef slope; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a sheltered reef edge; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 60A58FBC-57DF-5944-9469-D5B5B144DCA5; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206485; scientificName: Porites spp. ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Genus; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Sheltered coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir ; verbatimDepth: 1; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.183′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.140′; decimalLatitude: 25.8697167; decimalLongitude: 34.419; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 19-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: sheltered reef edge; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a sheltered shallow reef slope; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 239B0E32-5A53-5EB1-BA54-C9C8FD270439; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206485; scientificName: Porites spp. ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Genus; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Sheltered coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir ; minimumDepthInMeters: 3.7; maximumDepthInMeters: 4.75; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.183′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.140′; decimalLatitude: 25.8697167; decimalLongitude: 34.419; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 23-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: sheltered shallow reef slope; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a sheltered deeper reef slope; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: C745D3A2-8AED-5F33-94EC-827970DD19A6; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206485; scientificName: Porites spp. ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Genus; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Sheltered coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir ; minimumDepthInMeters: 7.2; maximumDepthInMeters: 9.5; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.183′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.140′; decimalLatitude: 25.8697167; decimalLongitude: 34.419; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 23-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: sheltered deeper reef slope; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation

Conservation status

Unknown

Notes

Fig. 65 ; one distinguished morphotype.

Figures

Figure 65. Amongst the Porites colonies identified only to genus level, one morphotype (A — B) was distinguished. Photo credits: Joseph Wallace Daurella.