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Montastraea Blainville, 1830

Montastrea sp.
Montastrea sp.

204717  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204717)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Montastraeidae (Family)
  9. Montastraea (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Montastrea Blainville, 1830 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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  1. Species Montastraea alloiteaui (Chevalier, 1954) †
  2. Species Montastraea antilliana Wells, 1945 †
  3. Species Montastraea arachnoides (Schröter, 1778) †
  4. Species Montastraea archiaci (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) †
  5. Species Montastraea bachmayeri Kühn, 1966 †
  6. Species Montastraea brevis (Duncan, 1864) †
  7. Species Montastraea canalis (Vaughan, 1919) †
  8. Species Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
  9. Species Montastraea compressa (Michelin, 1847) †
  10. Species Montastraea conferta (Duncan, 1864) †
  11. Species Montastraea conferta (Umbgrove, 1925) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  12. Species Montastraea cottaldina (d'Orbigny, 1850) †
  13. Species Montastraea cribraria (Michelin, 1841) †
  14. Species Montastraea cubana Wells, 1941 †
  15. Species Montastraea cylindrica (Duncan, 1863) †
  16. Species Montastraea dallagoi (Osasco, 1902) †
  17. Species Montastraea deperdita (Michelotti, 1861) †
  18. Species Montastraea doublieri (Michelin, 1847) †
  19. Species Montastraea dubia (de Fromentel, 1857) †
  20. Species Montastraea dumortieri (de Fromentel, 1884) †
  21. Species Montastraea endothecata (Duncan, 1863) †
  22. Species Montastraea eocenica Budd, 1992 †
  23. Species Montastraea fragilis (Chevalier, 1961) †
  24. Species Montastraea gabbi (Vaughan, 1919) †
  25. Species Montastraea guettardi (Michelin, 1842) †
  26. Species Montastraea icaunensis (d'Orbigny, 1850) †
  27. Species Montastraea inaequalis (Gümbel, 1861) †
  28. Species Montastraea irradians (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) †
  29. Species Montastraea irregularis (Michelin, 1844) †
  30. Species Montastraea lucasiana (Defrance, 1826) †
  31. Species Montastraea marticensis (d'Orbigny, 1850) †
  32. Species Montastraea maxima (Umbgrove, 1925) †
  33. Species Montastraea multisepta (Stoliczka, 1873) †
  34. Species Montastraea neocomiensis (d'Orbigny, 1850) †
  35. Species Montastraea nodosa Budd, 1992 †
  36. Species Montastraea pachyformis (Chevalier, 1954) †
  37. Species Montastraea pelouaensis (Chevalier, 1954) †
  38. Species Montastraea piveteaui (Chevalier, 1954) †
  39. Species Montastraea polygona (Chevalier, 1961) †
  40. Species Montastraea prima Budd, 1992 †
  41. Species Montastraea procumbens (Michelotti, 1871) †
  42. Species Montastraea pruvosti (Chevalier, 1954) †
  43. Species Montastraea renauxana (d'Orbigny, 1850) †
  44. Species Montastraea rotunda Budd, 1992 †
  45. Species Montastraea saucatensis (Chevalier, 1954) †
  46. Species Montastraea sculpta (Michelin, 1847) †
  47. Species Montastraea solenastreoides (Chevalier, 1954) †
  48. Species Montastraea superstes (Michelotti, 1871) †
  49. Species Montastraea tenuitabulata (Chevalier, 1961) †
  50. Species Montastraea trinitatis (Vaughan, 1926) †
  51. Species Montastraea vallisclausae (Michelin, 1841) †
  52. Species Montastraea varians (de Fromentel, 1857) †
  53. Species Montastraea vesiculosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850) †
  54. Species Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  55. Species Montastraea aperta (Verrill, 1868) accepted as Mussismilia leptophylla (Verrill, 1868) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  56. Species Montastraea faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Orbicella faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  57. Species Montastraea franksi (Gregory, 1895) accepted as Orbicella franksi (Gregory, 1895) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
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 at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344 [details] OpenAccess publication
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Montastraea Blainville, 1830. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204717 on 2026-04-12
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Montastraea Blainville, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204717 on 2026-04-12
Date
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1997-02-03 14:17:27Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-11-20 17:29:06Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2013-02-06 17:41:18Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2014-03-16 13:26:33Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2019-05-26 05:59:52Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-07-31 21:17:05Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

original description 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 at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details] 

additional source Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details] 

additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12140 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Budd, A.F. (1991). Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 11. The family Faviidae (Anthozoa: Scleractinia. Part I. The Genera Monstastraea and Solenastrea. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 101: 1-83. [details] 

additional source Medina, M.; Collins, A. G.; Takaoka, T. L.; Kuehl, J. V.; Boore, J. L. (2006). Naked corals: skeleton loss in Scleractinia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(24): 9096-9100, available online at https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0602444103
page(s): 9097 [details] 
 
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