African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Montipora ambigua Bernard, 1897

AfReMaS name details

Montipora ambigua Bernard, 1897

AphiaID

207176 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207176)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Montipora verrucosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank

Species

Parent

Montipora Blainville, 1830

Original name

Montipora ambigua Bernard, 1897

Environment

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

Original description

Bernard H (1897). The genus Montipora, The genus Anacropora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 3: 1-192, pls. 1-33. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Montipora ambigua Bernard, 1897. 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207176 on 2026-07-05

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 ambigua Bernard, 1897. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207176 on 2026-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-09-06 07:49:33Z

created

Govaerts, Ann

2014-04-13 09:56:48Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-08-10 22:46:46Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Bernard H (1897). The genus Montipora, The genus Anacropora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 3: 1-192, pls. 1-33. [details]

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

basis of record MacNae, W., Kalk, M. (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]

additional source Nemenzo, F. (1983). Philippine stony corals: I. Five new species. <em>Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines.</em> 35: 271-279.
page(s): 272 [details]

source of synonymy Veron JEN, Wallace CC (1984) Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part V. Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series 6: 1–485. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)