Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family Acroporidae
Montipora
Another very large family of photosynthetic corals, similar to Acropora with many different shapes/forms and extremely small polyps. My M. digitata branching specimens required excellent lighting and strong water movement to retain their individual colors, e.g., green, orange and blue.
M. aequituberculata Cup/Whorl Coral
M. capitata Whorl/Bowl Coral
M. capricornis Cup/Plate/Whorl/Bowl Coral
M. circumvallata Encrusting Montipora
M. confusa Purple Edge Montipora
M. crassituberculata Encrusting Montipora
M. danae Plate/Ridge/Star Coral
M. digitata Velvet Finger Montipora
M. efforescens Encrusting Montipora
M. flabellata Encrusting Coral
M. foliosa Scroll Coral
M. hispida Column Montipora
M. monasteriata Plate/Ridge Coral
M. nodosa Mound/Ridge Coral
M. patula Mound/Ridge Coral
M. spongodes Velvet Stone
M. spumosa Velvet Columns/Encrusting Montipora
M. stellata Velvet Branch Coral
M. tuberculosa Micropora Coral
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