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Montastraea  de Blainville, 1830
Taxonomic Serial No.: 53254

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Montastrea de Blainville, 1830
  
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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  
                   SuborderFaviina Vaughan and Wells, 1943  
                      FamilyFaviidae Gregory, 1900  
                         GenusMontastraea de Blainville, 1830  
    Direct Children:  
                            Species Montastraea annularis (Ellis and Solander, 1786) – boulder star coral 
                            Species Montastraea annuligera (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849)  
                            Species Montastraea cavernosa Linnaeus, 1767 – great star coral 
                            Species Montastraea curta (Dana, 1846)  
                            Species Montastraea faveolata (Ellis and Solander, 1786)  
                            Species Montastraea franksi (Gregory, 1895)  
                            Species Montastraea magnistellata Chevalier, 1971  
                            Species Montastraea multipunctata Hodgson, 1985  
                            Species Montastraea valenciennesi (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Montastraea   
       
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  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: Montastraea   
       

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