Montastraea
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Name (Latin)
Montastraea
Other forms of name
Montastrea
See Also From tracing topical name
Faviidae
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q28043
Library of congress:
sh2010014732
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Gischler, E. A decade of decline of massive corals in Florida patch reefs, 2007:abstr. (large massive corals of the Montastraea group)
- ITIS, Nov. 18, 2010(Genus Montastraea, Family Faviidae)
- Animal diversity web, Nov. 18, 2010(Genus Montastraea, Family Faviidae)
- NCBI taxonomy browser, Nov. 18, 2010(Montastraea. Rank: genus. Synonym: Montastrea)
- Wikispecies, Nov. 18, 2010(Genus Montastrea, Familia Faviidae)
Wikipedia description:
Montastraea is a genus of colonial stony coral found in the Caribbean seas. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Montastraeidae and contains a single species, Montastraea cavernosa, known as great star coral. It forms into massive boulders and sometimes develops into plates. Its polyps are the size of a human thumb and fully extend at night.
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