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Identity of Montipora angulata (Lamarck, 1816) (Scleractinia, Acroporidae)

Abstract

Montipora angulata (Lamarck, 1816) is one of the oldest known species in the genus, but the original description is very brief and not illustrated, so the identity of this species remains uncertain. Here, we clarify the morphological features and variation of M. angulata by redescribing the species from the type material and specimens collected from Japan. Furthermore, we review the taxonomic status of related species in the previous literature and conclude that Montipora rigida Verrill, 1866, Montipora contorta Nemenzo & Montecillo, 1981 and Montipora porites Veron, 2000 are junior synonyms of M. angulata. M. angulata sensu Veron & Wallace (1984) is reidentified as Montipora mollis Bernard, 1897 and Montipora venosa sensu Shirai & Sano (1985), Montipora digitata sensu Uchida & Fukuda (1989) and Kameda et al. (2013) and Montipora altasepta sensu Nishihira & Veron (1995) and Veron (2000) are reidentified as M. angulata. In addition, Montipora ramosa Bernard, 1897, Montipora libera Bernard, 1897, Montipora rotunda Bernard, 1897, Montipora cocosensis Vaughan, 1918 and Montipora fossae Crossland, 1952, which were considered to be junior synonyms of M. angulata by Veron and Wallace (1984), are here considered different species from M. angulata.

Bibliographic citation

Nomura, K.; Baird, A.H.; Suzuki, G. (2024). Identity of Montipora angulata (Lamarck, 1816) (Scleractinia, Acroporidae). Galaxea-Tokyo 26(1): 54-62. https://dx.doi.org/10.3755/galaxea.g26n-11

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Marine

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open access

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