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Montastrea bumi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella bumi was named by Osberger (1955). It is not extant. Its type locality is Gunung Masigit, which is in an Oligocene/Aquitanian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Rajamandala Formation of Indonesia.

It was recombined as Montastrea bumi by Kiessling (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Orbicella bumi Osberger
2008Montastrea bumi Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciesbumi()

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.

Montastrea bumi Osberger 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available