Porites lutea

Porites lutea
	Porites lutea off Réunion
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Poritidae
Genus:	Porites
Species:	P. lutea
Binomial name
	Porites lutea; Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
Synonyms
	Madrepora arenosa Esper, 1797; Porites arenosa (Esper, 1797); Porites haddoni Vaughan, 1918; Porites tenuis Verrill, 1866;

Porites lutea is a species of stony coral in the family Poritidae. It is found growing in very shallow water on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It sometimes forms "microatolls" in the intertidal zone and these massive structures have been used to study trends in sea levels and sea water temperature.

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