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Montipora monasteriata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora monasteriata was named by Forskal (1775). It is extant.

It was recombined as Montipora monasteriata by Veron (2000) and Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Madrepora monasteriata Forskal
2000Montipora monasteriata Veron
2005Montipora monasteriata 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
speciesmonasteriata(Forskal 1775)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available