What Do You Mean by Porites?

: a genus (the type of the family Poritidae) comprising important reef-building corals with 12-rayed calyculi and a very dense skeleton that is branched or massive and globular.

What type of coral is Porites?

Porites is a genus of stony coral; they are small polyp stony (SPS) corals. They are characterised by a finger-like morphology.

What type of coral is finger coral?

Porites porites, commonly known as hump coral or finger coral, is a species of stony coral in the genus Porites. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic Ocean and also along the coast of West Africa.