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Montipora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Montipora was named by Blainville (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acroporidae by Veron (2000), Veron (2000) and López-Pérez (2005).

Species
M. aequituberculata, M. altasepta, M. angulata, M. aspergillus, M. australiensis, M. cactus, M. calcarea, M. caliculata, M. capitata, M. capricornis, M. cebuensis, M. circumvallata, M. cocosensis, M. confusa, M. corbettensis, M. crassituberculata, M. cretacea, M. cryptus, M. danae, M. delicatula, M. digitata (syn. M. ramosa), M. dilatata, M. dubiosa, M. echinata, M. efflorescens (syn. M. trabeculata), M. effusa, M. elschneri, M. flabellata, M. florida, M. floweri, M. foliosa, M. foveolata, M. friabilis, M. gaimardi, M. gortanii, M. grandis, M. grisea, M. hemispherica, M. hirsuta, M. hispida (syn. M. patula), M. hodgsoni, M. hoffmeisteri, M. incrassata, M. informis, M. kellyi, M. lobulata, M. mactanensis, M. malampaya, M. meandrina, M. migatschevae, M. millepora, M. mollis, M. monasteriata, M. niugini, M. nodosa, M. orientalis, M. pachytuberculata, M. palawanensis, M. pandolfii, M. peltiformis, M. porites, M. samarensis, M. saudii, M. schencki, M. setosa, M. solida, M. spongiosa, M. spongodes, M. spumosa, M. stellata, M. stilosa, M. taiwanensis, M. teresea, M. tuberculosa (syn. M. sinensis), M. turgescens, M. turtlensis, M. undata, M. venosa, M. verrilli, M. verrucosa, M. verruculosus, M. vietnamensis, M. wilsonae
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. antiqua, M. micropora

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Montipora Blainville
2000Montipora Veron
2002Montipora Sepkoski
2005Montipora López-Pérez p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusMontiporaBlainville 1830

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. Montipora Blainville 1830
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Montipora altasepta Nemenzo 1967
Montipora angulata Lamarck 1816
Montipora cactus Bernard 1897
Montipora calcarea Bernard 1897
Montipora cebuensis Nemenzo 1976
Montipora circumvallata Ehrenberg 1834
Montipora cocosensis Vaughan 1918
Montipora confusa Nemenzo 1967
Montipora corbettensis Veron and Wallace 1984
†Montipora cretacea Umbgrove 1925
Montipora cryptus Veron 2000
Montipora danae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Invalid names: Montipora ramosa Bernard 1897 [synonym]
Montipora dilatata Studer 1901
†Montipora dubiosa Gerth 1921
Montipora echinata Veron 2000
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Invalid names: Montipora trabeculata Bernard 1897 [synonym]
Montipora effusa Dana 1846
Montipora elschneri Vaughan 1918
Montipora florida Nemenzo 1967
Montipora floweri Wells 1954
Montipora foliosa Pallas 1766
Montipora friabilis Bernard 1897
Montipora gaimardi Bernard 1897
†Montipora gortanii Montanaro Gallitelli 1973
†Montipora grandis Schuster 2002
Montipora grisea Bernard 1897
Montipora hirsuta Nemenzo 1967
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Invalid names: Montipora patula Verrill 1869 [synonym]
Montipora hodgsoni Veron 2000
Montipora informis Bernard 1897
Montipora kellyi Veron 2000
Montipora lobulata Bernard 1897
Montipora mactanensis Nemenzo 1979
Montipora malampaya Nemenzo 1967
Montipora meandrina Ehrenberg 1834
†Montipora migatschevae Kuzmicheva 1987
Montipora millepora Crossland 1952
Montipora mollis Bernard 1897
Montipora niugini Veron 2000
Montipora nodosa Dana 1846
Montipora orientalis Nemenzo 1967
†Montipora pandolfii Bromfield 2013
Montipora peltiformis Bernard 1897
Montipora porites Veron 2000
Montipora samarensis Nemenzo 1967
Montipora saudii Veron 2000
†Montipora schencki Durham 1942
Montipora setosa Nemenzo 1976
†Montipora solida Bernard 1897
Montipora spongiosa Ehrenberg 1834
Montipora spongodes Bernard 1897
Montipora spumosa Lamarck 1816
Montipora stellata Bernard 1897
Montipora stilosa Ehrenberg 1834
†Montipora teresea Bromfield 2013
Montipora tuberculosa Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Montipora sinensis Bernard 1897 [synonym]
Montipora turgescens Bernard 1897
Montipora turtlensis Veron and Wallace 1984
Montipora undata Bernard 1897
Montipora venosa Ehrenberg 1834
Montipora verrilli Vaughan 1907
Montipora verrucosa Lamarck 1816
†Montipora wilsonae Bromfield 2013
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (202 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) M. cretacea (85266)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) M. schencki (91602)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Papua New Guinea M. antiqua (70667)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Marshall Islands M. sp. (45362)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine M. migatschevae (77068)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan (Ryukyu) M. sp. (41593)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Iran M. grandis (41075)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) M. sp. (34505)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia M. hispida (86769)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) M. antiqua (62860)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia M. dubiosa (109013 109126)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Malaysia (Borneo) M. sp. (45351)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran M. micropora, M. sp. (25257) M. sp. (25258)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji M. sp. A (124829)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Japan M. sp. (34876)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Malaysia (Borneo) M. micropora (45349)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) M. n. sp. C, M. teresea (124827)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia M. dubiosa (108813)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia M. solida (109216 109235)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji M. sp. B (124833)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia (South Sulawesi) M. n. sp. A, M. pandolfii (124781)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia M. sp. (108778)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) M. dubiosa (45343)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Maluku) M. ramosa (127839)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588French Polynesia M. sp., M. foveolata, M. verrilli (84951)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia M. sp. (108774 108776)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Java) M. trabeculata (34722 62862)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea M. foveolata, M. aequituberculata (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) M. sp. (62802)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (South Sulawesi) M. dubiosa, M. wilsonae (124784)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan M. sp. (81066 87989 87992 87996)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) M. florida (124787) M. n. sp. B (124880)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Hawaii) M. sp., M. patula (105531)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) M. sp. (85098)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan M. sp. (87892 87893 87895 87978 87979 87980 87981 87985 87998 88000)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117French Polynesia M. sp. (89554 89555 89556)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) M. patula (22975)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan M. ramosa (63137)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Taiwan M. spp., M. informis, M. sinensis (63134)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) M. ramosa (63136) M. spp. (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan M. sp. (88039 88040 88044 88047 88048 88052 88053)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129French Polynesia M. sp. (127278)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129French Polynesia (Tahiti) M. sp. (127244 127254 127258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) M. sp. (105528)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (80730 80738)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn M. aequituberculata (85104) M. sp. (85106)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) M. sp. (62769 62772) M. spp. (62770 62771)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan M. sp. (127199)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.0117Iran M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2 (89571)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117French Polynesia (Tahiti) M. sp. (127220 127229)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu M. digitata (97441) M. sp. (89168)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) M. sp. (109174)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan M. sp. (81069 88595 127202) M. sp., M. venosa, M. danae (88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India M. capricornis, M. angulata (165868)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu M. sp. (89441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia (Tahiti) M. sp. (127265)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt M. spongiosa (87876)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (184506) M. sp. A, M. sp. B (97666)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) M. sp. (109188 109194 109195 109197 109201 109244 109440 109448)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Kerala) M. tuberculosa (107971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya M. sp. (44906 44907 63153 63156 63158 63162 63164 63166 63168 63170 63172 63173 63174 63176 63177 63180 63181 63182 63183 63184 63186 63188 81090 81103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) M. sp. (88575 88593 88594 102959 102961 102962 102963 102964 102965 102966 103044 103045 103046 103047 103062)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) M. sp. (84621)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia M. caliculata (97469) M. sp. (97468 104935 104936 127270 127273 127274 127294) M. sp., M. aequituberculata, M. tuberculosa (104937) M. sp., M. tuberculosa, M. venosa (104933) M. sp., M. verrucosa (104934)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia M. sp. (90044 90054) M. sp., M. elschneri (90043) M. verrilli, M. verrucosa, M. elschneri (90042)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti M. sp., M. gortanii (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea M. sp. (34474)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam M. sp. (97445) M. sp., M. foveolata (97444)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius M. foliosa (96892) M. sp. (96890)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) M. sp. (97429 97431 97433)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (166462 166487 166489 166491 166494 166495 166497 166498 167465 167487)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles M. sp. (96926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau M. sp. (97446 165216)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan M. sp. (97255 165210 165426 165431) M. sp., M. informis, M. venosa (96956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (97322 166503 166541)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India M. capricornis, M. angulata (165793)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia M. digitata (97412) M. tuberculosa (97420)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tuvalu M. sp. (97449)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sri Lanka M. sp. (97530)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia M. erythraea (97463)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Israel M. sp. (97662)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) M. patula, M. capitata (97453) M. patula, M. verrucosa (97452) M. patula, M. verrucosa, M. capitata (97451)