species: Montipora verrucosa in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
Montipora verrucosa


©Anne: Montipora verrucosa at Yonge Reef near Lizard Island.

©Anne: Montipora verrucosa at Yonge Reef near Lizard Island. Note uniform size and shape of verrucae, only become irregular near colony margin.

©Anne: Close-up of Montipora verrucosa at Yonge Reef near Lizard Island. Note uniform size and shape of verrucae.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Scleractinia
Family Acroporidae
Genus Montipora
Species Montipora verrucosa
Status least concern

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Berumen, M.L. (2000). Influence of diet and habitat on the condition of butterflyfish, M.Sc. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 719.
  • Dornelas, M. (2006). Coral assemblages and neutral theory. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1626.
  • Dornelas, M. and S.R. Connolly (2008). Multiple modes in a coral species abundance distribution, Ecology Letters, 11: 1008-1016. LIRS catalog number 1145.
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