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Montipora

Description

Montipora is a genus of Scleractinian corals in the phylum Cnidaria. Members of the genus Montipora may exhibit many different growth morphologies. With eighty five known species, Montipora is the second most species rich coral genus after Acropora.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montipora, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2259917https://www.gbif.org/species/2259917
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)6626https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6626
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Montipora
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusMontiporade Blainville 1830
Scientific NameMontipora de Blainville, 1830
Name Published Inde Blainville, Henri M. D. 1830. Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d’après l’état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement a l’utlité qu’en peuvent retirer la medicine, l’agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat., Paris.: 1-548, Plates 1-68.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Montiporagenusbelongs to Acroporidaestated with evidenceVeron, 2000
Montiporagenusbelongs to Scleractiniasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)84
Extant Size (PBDB)74 (88%)
First Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Scleractinia)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietphotosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Acroporidae)
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Scleractinia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Common Name(s) コモンサンゴ
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montipora

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Manopora erosa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Manopora grandiflora
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Manopora grandifolia
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Manopora incrusta
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Manopora nudiceps
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Manopora scabricula
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora acanthella
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora aenigmatica
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora aequituberculata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		35.33 Ma
Miocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora altasepta
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora alveopora
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora angulata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		20.13 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora aspera
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora aspergillus
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora auricularis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora australiensis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora bernardi
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora berryi
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora bilaminata
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora cactus
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora calcarea
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora caliculata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		10.13 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora capitata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		20.01 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora capricornis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		20.13 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora carinata
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora cebuensis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora challengeri
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora circumvallata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora cocosensis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora columnaris
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora compressa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora confusa
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora conicula
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora corbettensis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora crassituberculata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora cretacea ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		172.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Montipora cristagalli
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora cryptus
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora danae
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		20.13 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora delicatula
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora densa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora digitata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		55.33 Ma
Miocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora dilatata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora dubiosa ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		523.0 Ma
Miocene		3.60 Ma
Pliocene
Montipora echinata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora edwardsi
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora efflorescens
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		25.33 Ma
Miocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora effusa
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora ehrenbergi
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora elschneri
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		20.13 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora exigua
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora explanata
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora exserta
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora fimbriata
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora flabellata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora flammans
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora florida
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		12.59 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora floweri
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora foliacea
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora foliosa
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		10.01 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora foveolata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		35.33 Ma
Miocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora fragilis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora fragosa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora friabilis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora frondens
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora gaimardi
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora glabra
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora gortanii ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		10.13 Ma
Pleistocene		0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Montipora gracilis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora grandis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		128.1 Ma
Oligocene		28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Montipora granifera
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora granulosa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora grisea
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora hemispherica
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora hirsuta
species		listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Montipora hispida
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		623.0 Ma
Miocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora hodgsoni
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora hoffmeisteri
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora inconspicua
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora incrassata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora informis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		22.59 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora jonesi
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora kellyi
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora limitata
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora listeri
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora lobulata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora mactanensis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora malampaya
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora maldivensis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora manauliensis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora marshallensis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora meandrina
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora migatschevae
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		138.0 Ma
Eocene		38.0 Ma
Eocene
Montipora millepora
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora mollis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora monasteriata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora monticulosa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora multilobata
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora multipapillosa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora myriophthalma
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora niugini
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora nodosa
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora obtusata
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora orientalis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora pachytuberculata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora palawanensis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora pandolfii ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		17.25 Ma
Miocene		7.25 Ma
Miocene
Montipora parasitica
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora patinaeformis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora patula
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora paupera
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora peltiformis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora perforata
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora plicata
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora porites
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora porosa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora profunda
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora quoyi
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora rigida
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora samarensis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora saudii
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora scabriculoides
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora schencki
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		156.0 Ma
Paleocene		56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Montipora setosa
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora sinuosa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora solida ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		211.6 Ma
Miocene		11.6 Ma
Miocene
Montipora spongiosa
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		10.13 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora spongodes
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora spumosa
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora stalagmites
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora stellata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora stilosa
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora studeri
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora suvadivae
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora taiwanensis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora tenuicaulis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora tenuissima
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora teresea ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		113.8 Ma
Miocene		13.8 Ma
Miocene
Montipora tortuosa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora truncata
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora tuberculosa
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		52.59 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora tuberosa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora turgescens
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora turtlensis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora undata
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora vaughani
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora venosa
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		30.13 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora verrilli
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		25.33 Ma
Miocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora verrucosa
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		40.13 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora verruculosa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora verruculosus
species		listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Montipora vietnamensis
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Montipora villosa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora vridis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Montipora wilsonae ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		13.60 Ma
Pliocene		3.60 Ma
Pliocene

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Manopora Dana, 1846GBIFgenusAnimalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Manopora
Monopora Dana, 1848GBIFgenusAnimalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Monopora

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1830Montipora Blainville
2000Montipora Veron
2002Montipora Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Veron J.E.N. (2000) , Corals of the World
Cairns, S.D.; Gershwin, L.; Brook, F.J.; Pugh, P.; Dawson, E.W.; Ocaña O.V.; Vervoort, W.; Williams, G.; Watson, J.E.; Opresko, D.M.; Schuchert, P.; Hine, P.M.; Gordon, D.P.; Campbell, H.J.; Wright, A.J.; Sánchez, J.A.; Fautin, D.G. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 59-101. - via World Register of Marine Species
Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species
Veron JEN, Wallace CC (1984) Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part V. Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series 6: 1–485. - via World Register of Marine Species
Wells, John W., 1986: null. A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue). 69. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species
Veron, J. E. N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers. - via World Register of Marine Species
Corallosphere - via World Register of Marine Species
Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. - via World Register of Marine Species
de Blainville H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement a l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. Paris, 1830. 60 : 1-546. - via World Register of Marine Species
Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/Dunn, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Dict. Sci. Nat., 60 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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