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Montastraea
Taxonomy
Montastraea was named by Blainville (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.
It was corrected as Montastrea by Squires and Demetrion (1992) and Sepkoski (2002); it was misspelled as Montastrea by Veron (2000), López-Pérez (2005), Kiessling et al. (2011) and Huang et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Faviidae by Wells (1941), Wells (1956), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Veron (2000), López-Pérez (2005) and Kiessling et al. (2011); and to Montastraeidae by Huang et al. (2014).
It was corrected as Montastrea by Squires and Demetrion (1992) and Sepkoski (2002); it was misspelled as Montastrea by Veron (2000), López-Pérez (2005), Kiessling et al. (2011) and Huang et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Faviidae by Wells (1941), Wells (1956), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Veron (2000), López-Pérez (2005) and Kiessling et al. (2011); and to Montastraeidae by Huang et al. (2014).
Species
M. cavernosa (syn. Orbicella braziliana), M. cylindrica, M. endothecata (syn. Orbicella bainbridgensis, Astraea endothecata, Cyathomorpha roxboroughi, Orbicella canalis, Orbicella insignis), M. faveolata, M. franksi, Montastrea alpina, Montastrea antilliana, Montastrea bachmayeri, Montastrea brevis, Montastrea bumi, Montastrea cavernosa, Montastrea colemani, Montastrea costata, Montastrea cribraria, Montastrea cubana, Montastrea cylindrica, Montastrea davisina, Montastrea endothecata, Montastrea eocenica, Montastrea exsculpta, Montastrea felixi, Montastrea gabbi, Montastrea imperatoris, Montastrea inaequalis (syn. Heliastrea immersa), Montastrea intermedia, Montastrea irradians, Montastrea katzeri, Montastrea lauensis, Montastrea laurae, Montastrea lepidoides, Montastrea lilli, Montastrea lyonsi, Montastrea nodosa, Montastrea orbitoides, Montastrea pecosensis, Montastrea pediculata, Montastrea peninsularis, Montastrea pomeli, Montastrea prima, Montastrea roemeriana, Montastrea rotunda, Montastrea rudis, Montastrea schuberti, Montastrea schweinfurthi, Montastrea tabulata, Montastrea tampaensis, Montastrea tchihatcheffi, Montastrea texana, Montastrea trinitatis, Phyllocoenia sculpta
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1830 | Montastraea Blainville |
1848 | Phyllocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime |
1941 | Montastrea Wells p. 305 |
1954 | Heliastreopsis Chevalier |
1956 | Montastraea Wells |
1957 | Phyllocoeniopsis Alloiteau |
1989 | Phyllocoeniopsis Eliasova p. 90 |
1992 | Montastrea Squires and Demetrion p. 20 |
1997 | Phyllocoenia Turnsek |
2000 | Montastrea Veron p. 212 |
2002 | Montastrea Sepkoski |
2002 | Phyllocoenia Sepkoski |
2005 | Montastraea López-Pérez p. 83 |
2006 | Phyllocoenia Baron-Szabo p. 81 |
2011 | Montastrea Kiessling et al. |
2014 | Montastraea Huang et al. |
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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. Montastraea Blainville 1830
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Montastraea cylindrica Duncan 1863
†Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Astraea endothecata Duncan 1863 [synonym], Cyathomorpha roxboroughi Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Orbicella bainbridgensis Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Orbicella canalis Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
Montastraea faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786
Montastraea franksi Gregory 1895
†Montastrea alpina d'Achiardi 1867
†Montastrea antilliana Wells 1945
†Montastrea bachmayeri Kühn 1966
†Montastrea brevis Duncan 1864
†Montastrea bumi Osberger 1955
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767
Montastrea colemani Veron 2000
†Montastrea costata Duncan 1863
†Montastrea cribraria Michelin 1840
†Montastrea cubana Wells 1941
†Montastrea cylindrica Duncan 1863
†Montastrea davisina Weisbord 1973
†Montastrea endothecata Duncan 1863
†Montastrea eocenica Budd et al. 1992
†Montastrea exsculpta Reuss 1854
†Montastrea felixi Gerth 1923
†Montastrea gabbi Vaughan 1919
†Montastrea imperatoris Vaughan 1919
†Montastrea intermedia Duncan 1863
†Montastrea irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
†Montastrea katzeri Oppenheim 1901
†Montastrea lauensis Hoffmeister 1945
†Montastrea laurae Squires and Demetrion 1992
†Montastrea lepidoides Trauth 1911
†Montastrea lilli Reuss 1854
†Montastrea lyonsi Felix 1904
†Montastrea nodosa Budd et al. 1992
†Montastrea orbitoides Eguchi 1951
†Montastrea pecosensis Wells 1933
†Montastrea pediculata Deshayes 1831
†Montastrea peninsularis Weisbord 1973
†Montastrea pomeli Peron and Thomas 1893
†Montastrea prima Budd et al. 1992
†Montastrea roemeriana Wells 1933
†Montastrea rotunda Budd et al. 1992
†Montastrea rudis Reuss 1848
†Montastrea schuberti Oppenheim 1912
†Montastrea schweinfurthi Pratz 1883
†Montastrea tabulata Martin 1880
†Montastrea tampaensis Vaughan 1919
†Montastrea tchihatcheffi Chevalier 1961
†Montastrea texana Vaughan 1903
†Montastrea trinitatis Vaughan 1926
Invalid names: Heliastreopsis Chevalier 1954 [synonym], Phyllocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym], Phyllocoeniopsis Alloiteau 1957 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available