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Montipora digitata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Manopora digitata was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Montipora digitata by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Manopora digitata Dana
1897Montipora ramosa Bernard
2005Montipora digitata Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusMontiporaBlainville 1830
speciesdigitata(Dana 1846)

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.

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Invalid names: Montipora ramosa Bernard 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:22:56
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:22:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Maluku) Montipora ramosa (127839)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Montipora ramosa (63136)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Montipora ramosa (63137)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu Montipora digitata (97441)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Montipora digitata (97412)