A Pocillopora a virágállatok (Anthozoa) osztályának kőkorallok (Scleractinia) rendjébe, ezen belül a Pocilloporidae családjába tartozó nem.
Családjának a típusneme.
A nembe az alábbi 22 faj tartozik:
- Pocillopora acuta Lamarck, 1816 - típusfaj
- Pocillopora aliciae Schmidt-Roach, Miller & Andreakis, 2013
- Pocillopora ankeli Scheer & Pillai, 1974
- Pocillopora bairdi Schmidt-Roach, 2014
- Pocillopora brevicornis Lamarck, 1816
- Pocillopora capitata Verrill, 1864
- Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pocillopora effusa Veron, 2000
- Pocillopora elegans Dana, 1846
- Pocillopora fungiformis Veron, 2000
- Pocillopora grandis Dana, 1846
- Pocillopora indiania Veron, 2000
- Pocillopora inflata Glynn, 1999
- Pocillopora kelleheri Veron, 2000
- Pocillopora ligulata Dana, 1846
- Pocillopora mauritiana Brüggemann, 1877
- Pocillopora meandrina Dana, 1846
- Pocillopora molokensis Vaughan, 1907
- Pocillopora septata Gardiner, 1897
- Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
- Pocillopora woodjonesi Vaughan, 1918
- Pocillopora zelli Veron, 2000
Az alábbi taxonok, csak nomen dubium, azaz „kétséges név” szinten szerepelnek:
- Pocillopora aspera Verrill, 1870
- Pocillopora clavaria Ehrenberg, 1834
- Pocillopora frondosa Verrill, 1870
- Pocillopora gracilis Verrill, 1870
- Pocillopora informis Dana, 1846
- Pocillopora lacera Verrill, 1870
- Pocillopora modumanensis Vaughan, 1907
- Pocillopora paucistellata Quelch, 1886
- Pocillopora plicata Dana, 1846
- Pocillopora pulchella Brüggemann, 1879
- Pocillopora ramiculosa Verrill, 1864
- Pocillopora solida Quelch, 1886
- Pocillopora squarrosa Dana, 1846
- Pocillopora stellata Verrill, 1864
- Pocillopora suffruticosa Verrill, 1864
- Pocillopora Lamarck, 1816 WoRMS
- Schmidt-Roach, S.; Miller, K.J.; Andreakis, N. 2013: Pocillopora aliciae: a new species of scleractinian coral (Scleractinia, Pocilloporidae) from subtropical Eastern Australia. Zootaxa 3626(4): 576–582. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.11 reference page
- Schmidt-Roach, S. et al. 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): 1-33. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12092 reference page
- Dana, J. D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61).
- Gardiner JS (1897) On some collections of corals of the family Pocilloporidae from the S.W. Pacific-Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897: 941-953, pls. 56-57.
- Thiel, M.E. (1932). Madreporaria. Zugleich ein Versuch einer vergleichenden Oekologie der gefundenen Formen. Resultats scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Neerlandaises. Memoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 2(12): 1-177, pls. 1-21.
- Brüggemann, F. (1879). Corals. In: Zoology of Rodriguez. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences. 168: 569-579.
- Sheppard, C.R.C. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. Atoll Research Bulletin Nr 307