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Montipora
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).
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
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1830 | Montipora Blainville |
2000 | Montipora Veron |
2002 | Montipora Sepkoski |
2005 | Montipora López-Pérez p. 81 |
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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. Montipora Blainville 1830
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Montipora aequituberculata Bernard 1897
Montipora altasepta Nemenzo 1967
Montipora angulata Lamarck 1816
Montipora aspergillus Veron 2000
Montipora australiensis Bernard 1897
Montipora cactus Bernard 1897
Montipora calcarea Bernard 1897
Montipora caliculata Dana 1846
Montipora capitata Dana 1846
Montipora capricornis Veron 1985
Montipora cebuensis Nemenzo 1976
Montipora circumvallata Ehrenberg 1834
Montipora cocosensis Vaughan 1918
Montipora confusa Nemenzo 1967
Montipora corbettensis Veron and Wallace 1984
Montipora crassituberculata Bernard 1897
†Montipora cretacea Umbgrove 1925
Montipora cryptus Veron 2000
Montipora danae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Montipora delicatula Veron 2000
Montipora dilatata Studer 1901
†Montipora dubiosa Gerth 1921
Montipora echinata Veron 2000
Montipora effusa Dana 1846
Montipora elschneri Vaughan 1918
Montipora flabellata Studer 1901
Montipora florida Nemenzo 1967
Montipora floweri Wells 1954
Montipora foliosa Pallas 1766
Montipora foveolata Dana 1846
Montipora friabilis Bernard 1897
Montipora gaimardi Bernard 1897
†Montipora gortanii Montanaro Gallitelli 1973
†Montipora grandis Schuster 2002
Montipora grisea Bernard 1897
Montipora hemispherica Veron 2000
Montipora hirsuta Nemenzo 1967
Montipora hodgsoni Veron 2000
Montipora hoffmeisteri Wells 1954
Montipora incrassata Dana 1846
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 monasteriata Forskal 1775
Montipora niugini Veron 2000
Montipora nodosa Dana 1846
Montipora orientalis Nemenzo 1967
Montipora pachytuberculata Veron 2000
Montipora palawanensis Veron 2000
†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 taiwanensis Veron 2000
†Montipora teresea Bromfield 2013
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 verruculosus Veron 2000
Montipora vietnamensis Veron 2000
†Montipora wilsonae Bromfield 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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
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 |
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Maastrichtian | Netherlands (Limburg) | M. cretacea (85266) | |
Ypresian | USA (Washington) | M. schencki (91602) | |
Eocene | Papua New Guinea | M. antiqua (70667) | |
Eocene | Marshall Islands | M. sp. (45362) | |
Priabonian | Ukraine | M. migatschevae (77068) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Japan (Ryukyu) | M. sp. (41593) | |
Chattian | Iran | M. grandis (41075) | |
Chattian | Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) | M. sp. (34505) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Indonesia | M. hispida (86769) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Indonesia (Java) | M. antiqua (62860) | |
Miocene | Indonesia | M. dubiosa (109013 109126) | |
Miocene - Pliocene | Malaysia (Borneo) | M. sp. (45351) | |
Burdigalian | Iran | M. micropora, M. sp. (25257) M. sp. (25258) | |
Burdigalian | Fiji | M. sp. A (124829) | |
Burdigalian - Langhian | Japan | M. sp. (34876) | |
Middle Miocene | Malaysia (Borneo) | M. micropora (45349) | |
Serravallian | Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) | M. n. sp. C, M. teresea (124827) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | M. dubiosa (108813) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Indonesia | M. solida (109216 109235) | |
Messinian | Fiji | M. sp. B (124833) | |
Messinian | Indonesia (South Sulawesi) | M. n. sp. A, M. pandolfii (124781) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Indonesia | M. sp. (108778) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Indonesia (Java) | M. dubiosa (45343) | |
Pliocene | Indonesia (Maluku) | M. ramosa (127839) | |
Pliocene | French Polynesia | M. sp., M. foveolata, M. verrilli (84951) | |
Pliocene | Indonesia | M. sp. (108774 108776) | |
Pliocene | Indonesia (Java) | M. trabeculata (34722 62862) | |
Pliocene | Papua New Guinea | M. foveolata, M. aequituberculata (42736) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Indonesia (Paupa) | M. sp. (62802) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Indonesia (South Sulawesi) | M. dubiosa, M. wilsonae (124784) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan | M. sp. (81066 87989 87992 87996) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Indonesia (South Sulawesi) | M. florida (124787) M. n. sp. B (124880) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Hawaii) | M. sp., M. patula (105531) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) | M. sp. (85098) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Japan | M. sp. (87892 87893 87895 87978 87979 87980 87981 87985 87998 88000) | |
Pleistocene | French Polynesia | M. sp. (89554 89555 89556) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Hawaii) | M. patula (22975) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Japan | M. ramosa (63137) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Taiwan | M. spp., M. informis, M. sinensis (63134) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Japan (Okinawa) | M. ramosa (63136) M. spp. (63135) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Japan | M. sp. (88039 88040 88044 88047 88048 88052 88053) | |
Middle Pleistocene | French Polynesia | M. sp. (127278) | |
Middle Pleistocene | French Polynesia (Tahiti) | M. sp. (127244 127254 127258) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (Hawaii) | M. sp. (105528) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | M. sp. (80730 80738) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Pitcairn | M. aequituberculata (85104) M. sp. (85106) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Japan (Okinawa) | M. sp. (62769 62772) M. spp. (62770 62771) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | M. sp. (127199) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Iran | M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2 (89571) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | French Polynesia (Tahiti) | M. sp. (127220 127229) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Vanuatu | M. digitata (97441) M. sp. (89168) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Vanuatu (Efaté) | M. sp. (109174) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | M. sp. (81069 88595 127202) M. sp., M. venosa, M. danae (88596) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | India | M. capricornis, M. angulata (165868) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | Vanuatu | M. sp. (89441) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | French Polynesia (Tahiti) | M. sp. (127265) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Egypt | M. spongiosa (87876) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | M. sp. (184506) M. sp. A, M. sp. B (97666) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Egypt (Sinai) | M. sp. (109188 109194 109195 109197 109201 109244 109440 109448) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | India (Kerala) | M. tuberculosa (107971) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Kenya | 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 Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | M. sp. (88575 88593 88594 102959 102961 102962 102963 102964 102965 102966 103044 103045 103046 103047 103062) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | M. sp. (84621) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | French 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 Pleistocene | New Caledonia | M. sp. (90044 90054) M. sp., M. elschneri (90043) M. verrilli, M. verrucosa, M. elschneri (90042) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Djibouti | M. sp., M. gortanii (102228) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Papua New Guinea | M. sp. (34474) | |
Holocene | Guam | M. sp. (97445) M. sp., M. foveolata (97444) | |
Holocene | Mauritius | M. foliosa (96892) M. sp. (96890) | |
Holocene | Papua New Guinea (Morobe) | M. sp. (97429 97431 97433) | |
Holocene (interglacial) | Australia (Queensland) | M. sp. (166462 166487 166489 166491 166494 166495 166497 166498 167465 167487) | |
Holocene | Seychelles | M. sp. (96926) | |
Holocene | Palau | M. sp. (97446 165216) | |
Holocene | Japan | M. sp. (97255 165210 165426 165431) M. sp., M. informis, M. venosa (96956) | |
Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | M. sp. (97322 166503 166541) | |
Holocene | India | M. capricornis, M. angulata (165793) | |
Holocene | New Caledonia | M. digitata (97412) M. tuberculosa (97420) | |
Holocene | Tuvalu | M. sp. (97449) | |
Holocene | Sri Lanka | M. sp. (97530) | |
Holocene | French Polynesia | M. erythraea (97463) | |
Holocene | Israel | M. sp. (97662) | |
Holocene | USA (Hawaii) | M. patula, M. capitata (97453) M. patula, M. verrucosa (97452) M. patula, M. verrucosa, M. capitata (97451) |