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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:  
                            SpeciesMontipora aequituberculata Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora altasepta Nemenzo, 1964  
                            SpeciesMontipora angulata (Lamarck, 1816)  
                            SpeciesMontipora australiensis Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora cactus Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora calcarea Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora caliculata (Dana, 1846)  
                            SpeciesMontipora capitata Dana, 1846  
                            SpeciesMontipora capricornis Veron, 1985  
                            SpeciesMontipora cebuensis Nemenzo, 1976  
                            SpeciesMontipora circumvallata (Ehrenberg, 1834)  
                            SpeciesMontipora composita Crossland  
                            SpeciesMontipora confusa Nemenzo, 1967  
                            SpeciesMontipora corbettensis Veron and Wallace, 1984  
                            SpeciesMontipora crassituberculata Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora danae (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1851)  
                            SpeciesMontipora digitata (Dana, 1846)  
                            SpeciesMontipora edwardsi Bernard, 1879  
                            SpeciesMontipora efflorescens Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora effusa Dana, 1846  
                            SpeciesMontipora florida Nemenzo, 1967  
                            SpeciesMontipora floweri Wells, 1954  
                            SpeciesMontipora foliosa (Pallas, 1766)  
                            SpeciesMontipora foveolata (Dana, 1846)  
                            SpeciesMontipora friabilis Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora gaimardi Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora granulosa Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora grisea Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora hirsuta Nemenzo, 1967  
                            SpeciesMontipora hispida (Dana, 1846)  
                            SpeciesMontipora hoffmeisteri Wells, 1954  
                            SpeciesMontipora incrassata (Dana, 1846)  
                            SpeciesMontipora informis Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora levis (Quelch)  
                            SpeciesMontipora lobulata Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora mactanensis Nemenzo, 1979  
                            SpeciesMontipora malampaya Nemenzo, 1967  
                            SpeciesMontipora millepora Crossland, 1952  
                            SpeciesMontipora minuta Bernard  
                            SpeciesMontipora mollis Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora monasteriata (Forskål, 1775)  
                            SpeciesMontipora nodosa (Dana, 1846)  
                            SpeciesMontipora orientalis Nemenzo, 1967  
                            SpeciesMontipora peltiformis Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora ramosa Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora samarensis Nemenzo, 1967  
                            SpeciesMontipora setosa Nemenzo, 1976  
                            SpeciesMontipora socialis Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora solanderi Bernard, 1879  
                            SpeciesMontipora spongiosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)  
                            SpeciesMontipora spongodes Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora spumosa (Lamarck, 1816)  
                            SpeciesMontipora stellata Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora stilosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)  
                            SpeciesMontipora striata Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora tortuosa (Dana)  
                            SpeciesMontipora tuberculosa (Lamarck, 1816)  
                            SpeciesMontipora turgescens Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora turtlensis Veron and Wallace, 1984  
                            SpeciesMontipora undata Bernard, 1897  
                            SpeciesMontipora venosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)  
                            SpeciesMontipora 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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