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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
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 Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Taiwan Montipora sinensis (63134)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Montipora tuberculosa (104933 104937)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Kerala) Montipora tuberculosa (107971)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Montipora tuberculosa (97420)