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Montastraeidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Montastraeidae was named by Yabe and Sugiyama (1941). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Huang et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Montastraeidae Yabe and Sugiyama
2014Montastraeidae Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Montastraeidae Yabe and Sugiyama 1941
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G. Montastraea Blainville 1830
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Montastraea cavernosa Linnaeus 1767
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Invalid names: Orbicella braziliana Verrill 1901 [synonym]
Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Astraea endothecata Duncan 1863 [synonym], Cyathomorpha roxboroughi Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Orbicella bainbridgensis Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Orbicella canalis Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
Montastraea faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786
Montastraea franksi Gregory 1895
Montastrea alpina d'Achiardi 1867
Montastrea antilliana Wells 1945
Montastrea bachmayeri Kühn 1966
Montastrea brevis Duncan 1864
Montastrea bumi Osberger 1955
Montastrea costata Duncan 1863
Montastrea cribraria Michelin 1840
Montastrea cubana Wells 1941
Montastrea cylindrica Duncan 1863
Montastrea davisina Weisbord 1973
Montastrea endothecata Duncan 1863
Montastrea eocenica Budd et al. 1992
Montastrea exsculpta Reuss 1854
Montastrea felixi Gerth 1923
Montastrea gabbi Vaughan 1919
Montastrea imperatoris Vaughan 1919
Montastrea inaequalis von Guembel 1861
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Invalid names: Heliastrea immersa Reuss 1868 [synonym]
Montastrea intermedia Duncan 1863
Montastrea irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Montastrea katzeri Oppenheim 1901
Montastrea lauensis Hoffmeister 1945
Montastrea laurae Squires and Demetrion 1992
Montastrea lepidoides Trauth 1911
Montastrea lilli Reuss 1854
Montastrea lyonsi Felix 1904
Montastrea nodosa Budd et al. 1992
Montastrea orbitoides Eguchi 1951
Montastrea pecosensis Wells 1933
Montastrea pediculata Deshayes 1831
Montastrea peninsularis Weisbord 1973
Montastrea pomeli Peron and Thomas 1893
Montastrea prima Budd et al. 1992
Montastrea roemeriana Wells 1933
Montastrea rotunda Budd et al. 1992
Montastrea rudis Reuss 1848
Montastrea schuberti Oppenheim 1912
Montastrea tabulata Martin 1880
Montastrea tampaensis Vaughan 1919
Montastrea tchihatcheffi Chevalier 1961
Montastrea texana Vaughan 1903
Montastrea trinitatis Vaughan 1926
Invalid names: Heliastreopsis Chevalier 1954 [synonym], Phyllocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym], Phyllocoeniopsis Alloiteau 1957 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available