WoRMS taxon details
Montastraea curta (Dana, 1846)
AphiaID: 207481
AphiaID: 207481
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Montastraeidae (Family) > Montastraea (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Montastraea Blainville, 1830 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details] additional source: S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land, update Oct. 2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. Stylasteridae, Scleractinia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Indo-West Pacific [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Cerioxynus montastreae Humes, 1986 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: This is the commonest species of this genus found in most of the region. It has calices about 4 mm wide (corallites are 8 or 9 mm wide), which have a very neat and regular shape. Septa are in three orders, the first two being almost indistinguishable. This distinguishes it from the similarly sized Favia laxa which has strongly alternating septa. The first order septa have pali. Colonies may reach up to 50 cm across. Even though it is the commonest Montastrea, this is not an abundant species. It is generally restricted to moderately clear water in the mid-depths of fore-reef slopes. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>) Colonies are spherical or flattened. Corallites are circular or squeezed together, with calices 2.5-7.5 mm in diameter. Long and short septa alternate. Small paliform lobes are usually developed. Colour: cream or orange on reef flats, often with colours concentric to the mouths. Usually dark brown in shaded habitats. Abundance: common especially on reef flats. (Veron, 1986 <57>) Domed or flattened colonies. Circular or oval corallites, about 8 mm across, with thick separating walls (calices only 4 mm across). Colour: dark brown to cream. Habitat: diverse, especially reef flats. (Richmond, 1997) [details] Spelling: Spelling of the genus name does not follow Veron (1986) [details] Type locality: Type locality: Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207481 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Montastraea curta (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207481 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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