Porites cumulatus
Nemenzo, 1955
Records from the Red Sea are doubtful.
Description: Colonies are highly fused flattened branches. Corallites are angular and superficial. Branch surfaces are smooth.
Color: Cream or pale brown.
Habitat: Shallow protected reef environments.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Similar Species: Porites deformis, which has more nodular branches, no conspicuous basal laminae and sometimes more excavated corallites. Corallites are similar to those of P. rus. Calice characters are closest to P. monticulosa.
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Nemenzo (1955).
Colony with well developed branches and a smooth surface. Vietnam Photograph: Charlie Veron
Top of columns. Sulawesi, Indonesia Photograph: Doug Fenner
Colony surface. Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Photograph: Charlie Veron
Corallite detail. Icon diagrams of fully developed corallite characters.