WoRMS name details
Montastraea curta (Dana, 1846)
207481 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207481)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Montastraea curta var. annuligera (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Astrea annuligera Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Montastraea curta var. coronata (Dana, 1846) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Montastraea curta var. fragilis Chevalier, 1971 accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Montastraea curta var. funafutensis (Gardiner, 1899) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Montastraea curta var. heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Montastraea curta var. lamarckiana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Montastraea curta var. quadrangularis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Montastraea curta var. solidior (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Montastraea curta var. wakayana (Gardiner, 1899) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Astraea (Orbicella) curta Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] 
Type locality contained in Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Fiji (Veron, 1986).
type locality contained in Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Fiji (Veron, 1986). [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...
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]
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]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Montastraea curta (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207481 on 2024-12-26
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(of Astraea (Orbicella) curta Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
context source (HKRMS) AFCD. (2004). Ecological Status and Revised Species Records of Hong Kong's Scleractinian Corals. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department,The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Chevalier JP (1971) Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). I. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie 5: 1-307, pls. 1-38. Paris. [details]
additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
page(s): 2, 10, 14, 21, 80, 81 [details]
new combination reference Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355. [details]
context source (HKRMS) AFCD. (2004). Ecological Status and Revised Species Records of Hong Kong's Scleractinian Corals. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department,The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Chevalier JP (1971) Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). I. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie 5: 1-307, pls. 1-38. Paris. [details]
additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
page(s): 2, 10, 14, 21, 80, 81 [details]
new combination reference Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Unreviewed
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 Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details]
