African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Montipora stylosa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834)

AfReMaS name details

Montipora stylosa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834)

AphiaID

207170 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207170)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Accepted name

Montipora stilosa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834)

Rank

Species

Parent

Montipora Blainville, 1830

Original name

Madrepora (Porites) stilosa Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Montipora stylosa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207170 on 2026-02-20

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Montipora stylosa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207170 on 2026-02-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-13 07:19:12Z

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Garcia, Maria

2014-03-18 19:41:44Z

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Vanhoorne, Bart

2014-03-18 20:12:28Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2014-03-18 23:48:18Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2019-10-09 16:43:43Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-08-11 08:33:02Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2025-08-29 14:08:47Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

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Sources (7)
Documented distribution (5)

original description (of ) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Ortmann, A. (1888). Studien über Systematik und geographische Verbreitung der Steinkorallen. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik, Biologie und Biogeographie der Tiere. 3: 143-188, pl. 6.
page(s): 154, 156 [details]

additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1851) Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 7. Monographie des Poritides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 16: 21-70.
page(s): 59 [details]

additional source Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. Atoll Research Bulletin. 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]

additional source Ortmann, A. (1889). Beobachtungen an Steinkorallen von der Südküste Ceylons. Zoologische Jahrbüchern, Abteilung für Systematik, Biologie und Biogeographie der Tiere. 4: 493-590, pls. 11-17.
page(s): 499, 540 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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