Pocillopora, LAMARCK, 1816

Schmidt-Roach, Sebastian, Miller, Karen J., Lundgren, Petra & Andreakis, Nikos, 2014, With eyes wide open: a revision of species within and closely related to the Pocillopora damicornis species complex (Scleractinia; Pocilloporidae) using morphology and genetics, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170 (1), pp. 1-33 : 14

GENUS POCILLOPORA LAMARCK, 1816

Diagnosis

Hermatypic, plocoid, generally ramose, rarely massive or encrusting; septa are generally poorly developed and mostly arranged in two cycles; the columella is mostly poorly developed ( Veron & Pichon, 1976), strong tabular endothecal dissepiments. Verrucae are common, although in some species reduced or absent.