Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Cnidaria: class
Anthozoa: order
Scleractinia: family
Montastraeidae: genus
Montastraea: species
Montastraea cavernosa

Name

Synonyms: Astraea argus Lamarck, 1816; Astraea astroites (Pallas, 1766); Astraea astroites var. porosa Ehrenberg, 1834; Astraea astroites var. stellaris Ehrenberg, 1834; Astraea conferta Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849; Astraea endothecata Duncan, 1863; Astraea radiata (Ellis & Solander, 1786); Astrea argus Lamarck, 1816; Astrea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1758); Astrea conferta Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849; Astrea radiata (Ellis & Solander, 1786); Explanaria argus (Lamarck, 1816); Explanaria argus var. columnaris Ehrenberg, 1834; Explanaria argus var. complanata Ehrenberg, 1834; Explanaria argus var. impressa Ehrenberg, 1834; Explanaria radiata (Ellis & Solander, 1786); Favia cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767); Favia cavernosa astroites Oken, 1815; Heliastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1758); Heliastraea conferta (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Homonyms: Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Common names: False knob coral in language.; Grand corail étoile in 法文; false knob coral in 英文; false knob coral in 英文; great star coral in language.; great star coral in 英文; great star coral in language.; great star coral in 英文; Cavernous Star Coral in 英文; Great Star Coral in 英文; Cavernous Star Coral in 英文; Coral Cavernoso Macizo in 西班牙文; Fruta-pão in 葡萄牙文; Gran Coral de Estrellas in 西班牙文; Grand Corail Étoilé in 法文; Great Star Coral in 英文; Large Star Coral in 英文; false knob coral in 英文; great star coral in 英文

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