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Montastrea Blainville, 1830

Montastrea sp.
Montastrea sp.

248068  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248068)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Montastraeidae (Family)
  9. Montastrea (Genus)
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  1. Species Montastrea annuligera (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Astrea annuligera Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  2. Species Montastrea colemani Veron, 2000 accepted as Favites colemani (Veron, 2000) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
  3. Species Montastrea curta (Dana, 1846) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  4. Species Montastrea magnistellata Chevalier, 1971 accepted as Favites magnistellata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  5. Species Montastrea multipunctata Hodgson, 1985 accepted as Micromussa multipunctata (Hodgson, 1985) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  6. Species Montastrea salebrosa (Nemenzo, 1959) accepted as Paramontastraea salebrosa (Nemenzo, 1959) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  7. Species Montastrea serageldini Veron, 2000 accepted as Paramontastraea serageldini (Veron, 2000) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  8. Species Montastrea valenciennesi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Favites valenciennesii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Montastraea Blainville, 1830) 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. Montastrea Blainville, 1830. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248068 on 2026-03-26
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Montastrea Blainville, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248068 on 2026-03-26
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2007-11-20 17:29:06Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2014-03-14 21:18:25Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2014-05-29 09:17:28Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2019-10-12 20:22:42Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2021-06-09 07:52:21Z
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2021-06-22 20:41:25Z
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2022-07-15 09:36:13Z
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2022-07-31 21:17:05Z
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original description (of Montastraea Blainville, 1830) 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

basis of record Vaughan TW, Wells JW. (1943). Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. <em>Special Papers of the Geological Society of America.</em> 44: 1-363., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/spe44-p1 [details] 

basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details] 

additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M, Wijsman-Best M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series.</em> 3: 1-233., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60631 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [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 Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
page(s): 45 [details] 

additional source Rodolfo-Metalpa, R.; Richard, C.; Allemand, D.; Bianchi, C. N.; Morri, C.; Ferrier-Pagès, C. (2006). Response of zooxanthellae in symbiosis with the Mediterranean corals Cladocora caespitosa and Oculina patagonica to elevated temperatures. Marine Biology, 150, 45-55, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0329-x
page(s): 53 [details] 

additional source Forsman, Z. H.; Concepcion, G. T.; Haverkort, R. D.; Shaw, R. W.; Maragos, J. E.; Toonen, R. J. (2010). Ecomorph or endangered coral? DNA and microstructure reveal Hawaiian species complexes: Montipora dilatata/flabellata/turgescens & M. patula/verilli. Public Library of Science One, 5, 12, 1-10, available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015021
page(s): 2 [details] 
 
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