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Montipora  Blainville, 1830
Taxonomic Serial No.: 52948

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2000   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomRadiata   
       PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
          SubphylumAnthozoa   
             ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
                SubclassHexacorallia   
                   OrderScleractinia Bourne, 1900 – stony corals, madrépores  
                      SuborderAstrocoeniina Vaughan and Wells, 1943  
                         FamilyAcroporidae Verrill, 1902  
                            GenusMontipora Blainville, 1830  
    Direct Children:  
                               Species Montipora aequituberculata Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora altasepta Nemenzo, 1964  
                               Species Montipora angulata (Lamarck, 1816)  
                               Species Montipora australiensis Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora cactus Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora calcarea Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora caliculata (Dana, 1846)  
                               Species Montipora capitata Dana, 1846  
                               Species Montipora capricornis Veron, 1985  
                               Species Montipora cebuensis Nemenzo, 1976  
                               Species Montipora circumvallata (Ehrenberg, 1834)  
                               Species Montipora composita Crossland  
                               Species Montipora confusa Nemenzo, 1967  
                               Species Montipora corbettensis Veron and Wallace, 1984  
                               Species Montipora crassituberculata Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora danae (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1851)  
                               Species Montipora digitata (Dana, 1846)  
                               Species Montipora edwardsi Bernard, 1879  
                               Species Montipora efflorescens Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora effusa Dana, 1846  
                               Species Montipora florida Nemenzo, 1967  
                               Species Montipora floweri Wells, 1954  
                               Species Montipora foliosa (Pallas, 1766)  
                               Species Montipora foveolata (Dana, 1846)  
                               Species Montipora friabilis Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora gaimardi Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora granulosa Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora grisea Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora hirsuta Nemenzo, 1967  
                               Species Montipora hispida (Dana, 1846)  
                               Species Montipora hoffmeisteri Wells, 1954  
                               Species Montipora incrassata (Dana, 1846)  
                               Species Montipora informis Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora levis (Quelch)  
                               Species Montipora lobulata Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora mactanensis Nemenzo, 1979  
                               Species Montipora malampaya Nemenzo, 1967  
                               Species Montipora millepora Crossland, 1952  
                               Species Montipora minuta Bernard  
                               Species Montipora mollis Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora monasteriata (Forskål, 1775)  
                               Species Montipora nodosa (Dana, 1846)  
                               Species Montipora orientalis Nemenzo, 1967  
                               Species Montipora peltiformis Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora ramosa Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora samarensis Nemenzo, 1967  
                               Species Montipora setosa Nemenzo, 1976  
                               Species Montipora socialis Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora solanderi Bernard, 1879  
                               Species Montipora spongiosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)  
                               Species Montipora spongodes Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora spumosa (Lamarck, 1816)  
                               Species Montipora stellata Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora stilosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)  
                               Species Montipora striata Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora tortuosa (Dana)  
                               Species Montipora tuberculosa (Lamarck, 1816)  
                               Species Montipora turgescens Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora turtlensis Veron and Wallace, 1984  
                               Species Montipora undata Bernard, 1897  
                               Species Montipora venosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)  
                               Species Montipora verrucosa (Lamarck, 1816)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Montipora   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wells, John W.  
  Publication Date: 1986   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue)   
  Page(s): 69   
  Publisher: International Association for the Study of Fossil Cnidaria   
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  Reference for: Montipora   
       

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