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Montipora tuberculosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Porites tuberculosa was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Porites tuberculosa Lamarck
1897Montipora sinensis Bernard
2005Montipora tuberculosa 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
speciestuberculosa(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Montipora tuberculosa Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Montipora sinensis Bernard 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available