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Montastraea magnistellata Chevalier, 1971 
AphiaID: 207483

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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English false knob coral  [details]
Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Indo-West Pacific [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: zooxanthellate [details]

Description: Colonies are massive with round corallites of varying sizes. Calices are shallow, approximately 6-13 mm in diameter, with tightly compacted septa. Columellae are large and small paliform lobes are usually developed. Colour: Very variable but usually several colours, including grey, green, orange and pink, are arranged concentrically to the corallites. Abundance: usually uncommon, found on protected reef slopes. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]

Spelling: Spelling of the genus name does not follow Veron (1986) [details]

Type locality: Type locality: New Caledonia (Veron, 1986). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207483
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-11-20 17:29:06Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  changed  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Montastraea magnistellata Chevalier, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207483 on 2013-05-21
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