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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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  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  
    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   
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  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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