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 à 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. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344[details]
Description This genus is distinctive within the Acroporidae because of the variety of coenosteal ornamentations developed (variously...
Description This genus is distinctive within the Acroporidae because of the variety of coenosteal ornamentations developed (variously known as papillae, tuberculae, ridges, nodules, etc) and the way in which these are combined and distributed around and between corallites in different species. Although corallites are immersed within the coenosteum, the arrangement of coenosteal structures (usually papillae or tuberculae) around corallites in some species gives the impression of a theca. Some species are without coenosteal ornatmentation ("glabrous") and these are distinguished by corallite size, colony form and other associated diferences. Colonies of Montipora are usually indeterminate in growth and individual species and colonies within species can exhibit some or all of the range of growth forms. [details]
Description Colonies are submassive, laminar, foliaceous, encrusting or branching. Corallites are very small. Septa are in two cycles...
Description Colonies are submassive, laminar, foliaceous, encrusting or branching. Corallites are very small. Septa are in two cycles with inward-projecting teeth. Columellae are absent. Corallite walls and the coenosteum are porous and may be highly elaborated. Polyps are usually extended only at night (Veron, 1986).
Commonly forms plates or encrusting sheets, but also several other forms. Distinguished by its deep, tiny corallites (<1mm across) separated by porous walls. Since the corallites lack virtually any features, identification to species level is very difficult. When forming plates, corallites occur on both surfaces (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Montipora Blainville, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203834 on 2025-07-14
original descriptionde 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 à 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. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344[details]
basis of recordVeron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype BMNH, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype BMNH, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype BMNH, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype UWA 859-87, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 26-87, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 29-87, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 906-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Comparison Anacropora fits within the above description: it is exclusively ramose and without coenosteal ornamentation. Molecular studies indicate the two genera should be combined (see Fukami, H., Omori, M. and Hatta, M. (2000) Phylogenetic relationships in the coral family Acroporidae, reassessed by inference from the mitochondrial genes. Zoological Sciences 17, 689-696). [details] Description This genus is distinctive within the Acroporidae because of the variety of coenosteal ornamentations developed (variously known as papillae, tuberculae, ridges, nodules, etc) and the way in which these are combined and distributed around and between corallites in different species. Although corallites are immersed within the coenosteum, the arrangement of coenosteal structures (usually papillae or tuberculae) around corallites in some species gives the impression of a theca. Some species are without coenosteal ornatmentation ("glabrous") and these are distinguished by corallite size, colony form and other associated diferences. Colonies of Montipora are usually indeterminate in growth and individual species and colonies within species can exhibit some or all of the range of growth forms. [details] Diagnosis Acroporidae which are submassive, foliaceous, ramose or encrusting; no axial corallite; corallite wall porous; columella feeble or absent; coenosteum reticular with strong vertical trabeculae, thin horizontal connections; surface spinulose or hirsute; no diseppiments [details] Remark Monographed by Bernard, H. M. 1897 The genus Montipora. The genus Anacropora. Catalogue of Madreporarian corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 3: 1-192, plates 1-34. Monographed from eastern Australia by Veron, J.E.N. and Wallace, C.C. 1984 Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part V. Family Acroporidae.Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series 6, pp. 485: ANU Press, Canberra. [details]
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Authority Authority given as Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 in Faure (1977). Type species: Porites verrucosa Lamarck, 1816 (Veron, 1986). [details] Description Colonies are submassive, laminar, foliaceous, encrusting or branching. Corallites are very small. Septa are in two cycles with inward-projecting teeth. Columellae are absent. Corallite walls and the coenosteum are porous and may be highly elaborated. Polyps are usually extended only at night (Veron, 1986).
Commonly forms plates or encrusting sheets, but also several other forms. Distinguished by its deep, tiny corallites (<1mm across) separated by porous walls. Since the corallites lack virtually any features, identification to species level is very difficult. When forming plates, corallites occur on both surfaces (Richmond, 1997). [details]