Taxon name selected

Montipora hirsuta Nemenzo, 1967

Status

Pre-occupied name and synonym of

Target Taxon

Montipora carinata Nemenzo, 1967

Selected taxon name information

Authority reference(s):

Nemenzo, F. (1967). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water Scleractinians: VI. Suborder Astrocoeniida (Montipora and Acropora). Part I - Text, Part II - Plates. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin 20(1 & 2):1-141. (For species details see pp. 23-24 and Plate VII, Figs. 2-3)

Taxonomic note: Pre-occupied by Montipora hirsuta Bernard, 1898

Target taxon name information

Authority reference(s):

Nemenzo, F. (1967). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water Scleractinians: VI. Suborder Astrocoeniida (Montipora and Acropora). Part I - Text, Part II - Plates. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin 20(1 & 2):1-141. (For species details see p. 28 and Plate VIII, Fig. 2)

Taxonomic note: Montipora hirsuta Nemenzo, 1967 is pre-occupied by Montipora hirsuta Bernard, 1897 but is also a synonym of Montipora carinata Nemenzo, 1967. Text and images of Montipora hirsuta Nemenzo, 1967 in Veron (2000a) have thus been moved to Montipora carinata