Species Montipora hispida (Dana, 1846)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Manopora hispida Dana, J.D. 1846. Zoophytes. United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York : Greenwood Press Vol. 7 pp. i-vi + 740.

  Type data:

   Lectotype USNM 341, Singapore.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Veron, J.E.N. & Wallace, C. 1984. Scleractinia of eastern Australia V. Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 6. 1-483 [82].
• Manopora expansa Dana, J.D. 1846. Zoophytes. United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York : Greenwood Press Vol. 7 pp. i-vi + 740.
• Montipora hirsuta Nemenzo, F. 1967. Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water Scleractinians. VI. Suborder Astrocoeniida (Montipora and Acropora). Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 20(1-2): 1-223 [Part 1 - Text, Part 2 - Plates].
• Montipora patula Verrill, A.E. 1869. Polyps and corals of the North Exploring Expedition Additions and corrections. Communications of the Essex Institute Salem 6: 51-70.
• Montipora punctata Bernard, H.M. 1897. Catalogue of Madreporarian corals in the British Museum (Natural History): the genus Montipora, the genus Anacropora. London : Longmans Green and Co Vol. III 192 pp.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Veron, J.E.N. & Wallace, C. 1984. Scleractinia of eastern Australia V. Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 6. 1-483 [82]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Veron, J.E.N. & Wallace, C. 1984. Scleractinia of eastern Australia V. Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 6. 1-483

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