Overview
zooxanthellate
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Mountainous Star Coral
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,907 meters (0 to -19,380 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Ecology:
M.
faveolata is found from 1-30 m
in backreef and fore-reef
habitats
, and is often the most abundant coral
between 10-20 m in
fore-reef environments.[2].
List of Habitats:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.2 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs
- 9.3 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel
- 9.8 Marine Neritic - Coral Reef
- 9.8.1 Outer Reef Channel
- 9.8.2 Back Slope
- 9.8.3 Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope)
- 9.8.4 Lagoon
- 9.8.6 Inter-Reef Rubble Substrate [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
()
- Leuckart, 1847
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
()
- Hatschek, 1888
- Cnidarians
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
()
- (Ehrenberg, 1831) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Corals, Flower Animals
- Subclass:
Zoantharia
()
- Order:
Scleractinia
()
- Bourne, 1900
- Stony Corals
- Suborder:
Faviina
()
- Family:
Faviidae
()
- Gregory, 1900
- Genus:
Montastraea
()
- de Blainville, 1830
- Subgenus:
zooxanthellate
()
- Specific name:
faveolata
- (Ellis and Solander 1786)
- Scientific name: - ertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora Second Edition. Special Publication 28. ISBN 1-888569-39-5.
- Aronson, R., Bruckner, A., Moore, J., Precht, B. & E. Weil 2008. Montastraea fave
- Specific name:
faveolata
- (Ellis and Solander 1786)
- Subgenus:
zooxanthellate
(
- Genus:
Montastraea
(
- Family:
Faviidae
(
- Suborder:
Faviina
(
- Order:
Scleractinia
(
- Subclass:
Zoantharia
(
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
(
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: zooxanthellate
Last scrutiny: 2007
Until recently, this species was included
in M.
annularis
(Weil and Knowlton 1994) along with M. franksi. Consequently,
most studies prior to 1994 do not distinguish between the three species,
and information on population is difficult to disaggregate for the
three taxa.[2].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Montastraea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. annularis (Boulder Star Coral) · M. annuligera (False Knob Coral) · M. cavernosa (Great Star Coral) · M. curta (False Knob Coral) · M. faveolata (Mountainous Star Coral) · M. franksi (Boulder Star Coral) · M. magnistellata (False Knob Coral) · M. multipunctata (False Knob Coral) · M. valenciennesi (False Knob Coral)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 118.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url , p. 126, p. 234, p. 235, p. 236, p. 237, p. 239, p. 349, p. 351, p. 352, p. 353, p. 355, p. 360, p. 361, p. 364, p. 367, p. 368, p. 369, p. 371, p. 439, p. 70, p. 80, p. 81, p. 83, p. 85, p. 87, p. 89, p. 91.
Notes
Contributors
- American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora Second Edition. Special Publication 28. ISBN 1-888569-39-5.
- Aronson, R., Bruckner, A., Moore, J., Precht, B. & E. Weil 2008. Montastraea faveolata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Accessed February 26, 2006. www.iobis.org
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land (from URMO).
- URMO: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. Release date: November 18, 2008
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment -Benthic (OBIS Australia)
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3866992
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-5596
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13830788
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 572291
- IUCN ID: 224276
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 605235
Footnotes
- Mean = -1,088.990 meters (-3,572.802 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,550.670 based on 547 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Aronson, R., Bruckner, A., Moore, J., Precht, B. & E. Weil 2008. Montastraea faveolata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
