WoRMS taxon details

Montipora millepora Crossland, 1952

207190  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207190)

accepted
Species
Montipora pallida Bernard, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Montipora subtilis Bernard, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257. [details]   
Note Great Barrier Reef (Veron, 1986).  
From other sources
Type locality Great Barrier Reef (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description Colonies are massive or encrusting. Corallites are very small, immersed. The reticulum has tuberculae which seldom contain...  
Description Colonies are massive or encrusting. Corallites are very small, immersed. The reticulum has tuberculae which seldom contain corallites. Colour : dark green or brown. Abundance: occurs in crevices and under overhangs; very inconspicuous (Veron, 1986). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Montipora millepora Crossland, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207190 on 2024-04-18
Date
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
2000-09-13 07:19:12Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2014-03-18 08:04:27Z
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2022-12-24 10:59:12Z
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original description Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257. [details]   

original description  (of Montipora subtilis Bernard, 1897) Bernard H (1897). The genus Montipora, The genus Anacropora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 3: 1-192, pls. 1-33. [details]   

original description  (of Montipora pallida Bernard, 1897) Bernard H (1897). The genus Montipora, The genus Anacropora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 3: 1-192, pls. 1-33. [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [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): 17 [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 Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em>  [details]   

additional source Veron JEN, Wallace CC (1984) Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part V. Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series 6: 1–485. [details]   

additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 31, 39 [details]   

additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume I: Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 1, pp. 463.
page(s): 125 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Schmerfeld, J. (2004). Coral survey from Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2004 [Table 3]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E. (2004). Baker Island coral data [Table unnumbered]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 2 [details]   

additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>
page(s): 95, 99, 100 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype WAM 331-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 36-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 456-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 732-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 750-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 797-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 838-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 891-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
From other sources
Biology zooxanthellate [details]

Description Colonies are massive or encrusting. Corallites are very small, immersed. The reticulum has tuberculae which seldom contain corallites. Colour : dark green or brown. Abundance: occurs in crevices and under overhangs; very inconspicuous (Veron, 1986). [details]

Type locality Great Barrier Reef (Veron, 1986). [details]
LanguageName 
English pore coral  [details]
Japanese ミレポラコモンサンゴ  [details]