Scleractinia taxon details
Monticulastraea Duncan, 1880 †
1291379 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1291379)
accepted
Genus
Monticulastraea elongata Duncan, 1880 † accepted as Hydnophora elongata (Duncan, 1880) † (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Monticulastraea inaequalis Duncan, 1880 †
- Species Monticulastraea insignis Duncan, 1880 †
- Species Monticulastraea minima Prever, 1922 †
- Species Monticulastraea provincialis Chevalier, 1961 †
- Species Monticulastraea roseola Eliášová, 1989 †
- Species Monticulastraea solidior Duncan, 1880 †
- Species Monticulastraea elongata Duncan, 1880 † accepted as Hydnophora elongata (Duncan, 1880) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Duncan PM. (1880). A monograph of the fossil corals and Alcyonaria of Sind. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 14.</em> 1: 1-110, pls. 1-28. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Monticulastraea Duncan, 1880 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1291379 on 2026-09-03
Date
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original description
Duncan PM. (1880). A monograph of the fossil corals and Alcyonaria of Sind. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 14.</em> 1: 1-110, pls. 1-28. [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Colonial, hydnophoroid. Gemmation intracalicinal. Corallites indistinct, arranged in sinuous series, confined by short tectiform monticules. Costosepta compact, non-confluent, finely granulated. Columella lamellar, thin, continuous. Wall septothecal. Endothecal dissepiments thin, subtabulate. Exothecal dissepiments large, vesicular to subtabulate. [details]
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