WoRMS taxon details
Montastraea valenciennesi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
AphiaID: 207482
AphiaID: 207482
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Montastraeidae (Family) > Montastraea (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Montastraea Blainville, 1830 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Veron, J.E.N., Pichon, M. & Wijsman-Best, M. 1977. Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series 3: 1–233. [details] additional source: S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land, update Oct. 2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Indo-West Pacific [details] Madagascar [details] Seychelles [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: Colonies are submassive to encrusting, with angular corallites. Calices are 8-15 mm in diameter. A groove and tubercle system is well developed. Colour: Usually green or yellow with cream septa and sometimes with green oral discs. Abundance: usually uncommon but occurs in a wide variety of habitats. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details] Remark: Original combination in Sheppard 1998 <308>. Type locality: unrecorded (Veron, 1986). [details] Spelling: Spelling of the genus name does not follow Veron (1986) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207482 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Montastraea valenciennesi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207482 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||||||||
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