Montipora
Montipora is a genus of Scleractinian corals in the phylum Cnidaria. Members of the genus Montipora may exhibit many different growth morphologies. With eighty five known species, Montipora is the second most species rich coral genus after Acropora.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Rice Coral
speciesMontipora capitata
Montipora digitata
speciesMontipora digitata
Blue Rice Coral
speciesMontipora flabellata
Spreading Rice Coral
speciesMontipora patula
Montipora confusa
speciesMontipora confusa
Montipora verrucosa
speciesMontipora verrucosa
Montipora hispida
speciesMontipora hispida
Montipora danae
speciesMontipora danae
Montipora undata
speciesMontipora undata
Montipora stellata
speciesMontipora stellata
Montipora aequituberculata
speciesMontipora aequituberculata
Cabbage Coral
speciesMontipora foliosa
Montipora foveolata
speciesMontipora foveolata
Montipora hodgsoni
speciesMontipora hodgsoni
Plating Montipora
speciesMontipora capricornis
Montipora altasepta
speciesMontipora altasepta
Montipora incrassata
speciesMontipora incrassata
Montipora mollis
speciesMontipora mollis
Montipora efflorescens
speciesMontipora efflorescens
Montipora monasteriata
speciesMontipora monasteriata
Montipora cryptus
speciesMontipora cryptus
Montipora stilosa
speciesMontipora stilosa
Montipora angulata
speciesMontipora angulata
Montipora informis
speciesMontipora informis
Montipora carinata
speciesMontipora carinata
Montipora caliculata
speciesMontipora caliculata
Montipora venosa
speciesMontipora venosa
Hump Coral
speciesMontipora tuberculosa
Montipora grisea
speciesMontipora grisea
Montipora spumosa
speciesMontipora spumosa
Montipora vietnamensis
speciesMontipora vietnamensis
Montipora spongodes
speciesMontipora spongodes
Montipora maeandrina
speciesMontipora maeandrina
Montipora floweri
speciesMontipora floweri
Montipora mactanensis
speciesMontipora mactanensis
Montipora turgescens
speciesMontipora turgescens
Montipora verruculosus
speciesMontipora verruculosus
Montipora crassituberculata
speciesMontipora crassituberculata
Montipora peltiformis
speciesMontipora peltiformis
Montipora circumvallata
speciesMontipora circumvallata
Montipora taiwanensis
speciesMontipora taiwanensis
Montipora malampaya
speciesMontipora malampaya
Montipora millepora
speciesMontipora millepora
Montipora porites
speciesMontipora porites
Montipora cactus
speciesMontipora cactus
Montipora florida
speciesMontipora florida
Montipora turtlensis
speciesMontipora turtlensis
Montipora kellyi
speciesMontipora kellyi
Montipora palawanensis
speciesMontipora palawanensis
Montipora nodosa
speciesMontipora nodosa
Montipora effusa
speciesMontipora effusa
Montipora hoffmeisteri
speciesMontipora hoffmeisteri
Montipora samarensis
speciesMontipora samarensis
Montipora corbettensis
speciesMontipora corbettensis
Montipora cebuensis
speciesMontipora cebuensis
Montipora gaimardi
speciesMontipora gaimardi
Montipora orientalis
speciesMontipora orientalis
Montipora delicatula
speciesMontipora delicatula
Montipora australiensis
speciesMontipora australiensis
Montipora friabilis
speciesMontipora friabilis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90035.