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Montigyra

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae

Taxonomy
Montigyra was named by Matthai (1928) [m. kosnik taxon no: 11107]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Meandrinidae by Veron (2000); and to Euphylliidae by Budd et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Montigyra Matthai
2000Montigyra Veron
2012Montigyra Budd et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyEuphylliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusMontigyraMatthai 1928

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.

G. Montigyra Matthai 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-07 01:52:50
Modified: 2008-02-07 03:52:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available