Species under Montipora
n= 82
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Montipora aequituberculata
Bernard, 1897
Encrusting pore coral Indo-Pacific
Montipora altasepta
Nemenzo, 1967
Pore coral Indo-Pacific
Montipora angulata
(Lamarck, 1816)
Indo-Pacific
Montipora aspergillus
Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2000
Western Indian Ocean
Montipora australiensis
Bernard, 1897
Indo-Pacific
Montipora cactus
Bernard, 1897
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora calcarea
Bernard, 1897
Indo-Pacific
Montipora caliculata
(Dana, 1846)
Eastern Central Atlantic and Indo-Pacific
Montipora capitata
(Dana, 1846)
Indo-Pacific
Montipora capricornis
Veron, 1985
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora cebuensis
Nemenzo, 1976
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora circumvallata
(Ehrenberg, 1834)
Porous leaf coral Western Indian Ocean
Montipora cocosensis
Vaughan, 1918
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora composita
Crossland, 1952
Eastern Central Pacific
Montipora confusa
Nemenzo, 1967
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora corbettensis
Veron & Wallace, 1984
Indo-Pacific
Montipora crassituberculata
Bernard, 1897
Indo-Pacific
Montipora cryptus
Veron, 2000
Western Indian Ocean
Montipora danae
Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851
Poker star montipora Indo-Pacific
Montipora delicatula
Veron, 2000
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora digitata
(Dana, 1846)
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora dilatata
Studer, 1901
Eastern Central Pacific 30
Montipora echinata
Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2000
Western Indian Ocean
Montipora edwardsi
Bernard, 1897
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora efflorescens
Bernard, 1897
Indo-Pacific
Montipora effusa
(Dana, 1846)
Indo-Pacific
Montipora ehrenbergi
Verrill, 1872
Western Central Pacific
Montipora elschneri
Vaughan, 1918
Western Central Pacific
Montipora flabellata
Studer, 1901
Indo-Pacific 0.05
Montipora florida
Nemenzo, 1967
Indo-West Pacific 100
Montipora floweri
Wells, 1954
Indo-Pacific
Montipora foliosa
(Pallas, 1766)
Cabbage coral Indo-Pacific
Montipora foveolata
(Dana, 1846)
Indo-Pacific
Montipora fragilis
Quelch, 1886
Western Central Pacific
Montipora friabilis
Bernard, 1897
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora gaimardi
Bernard, 1897
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora granulosa
Bernard, 1897
Indo-Pacific
Montipora grisea
Bernard, 1897
Indo-Pacific
Montipora hemispherica
Veron, 2000
Western Indian Ocean
Montipora hirsuta
Nemenzo, 1967
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora hispida
(Dana, 1846)
Indo-Pacific
Montipora hodgsoni
Veron, 2000
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora hoffmeisteri
Wells, 1954
Indo-Pacific
Montipora incrassata
(Dana, 1846)
Indo-Pacific
Montipora informis
Bernard, 1897
Indo-Pacific
Montipora kellyi
Veron, 2000
Western Indian Ocean
Montipora lobulata
Bernard, 1897
Indo-Pacific
Montipora mactanensis
Nemenzo, 1979
Western Pacific
Montipora maeandrina
(Ehrenberg, 1834)
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora malampaya
Nemenzo, 1967
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora marshalensis
Wells, 1954
Western Central Pacific
Montipora millepora
Crossland, 1952
Indo-Pacific
Montipora mollis
Bernard, 1897
Indo-Pacific
Montipora monasteriata
(Forsskål, 1775)
Indo-Pacific
Montipora niugini
Veron, 2000
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora nodosa
(Dana, 1846)
Indo-Pacific
Montipora orientalis
Nemenzo, 1967
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora pachytuberculata
Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2000
Western Indian Ocean
Montipora palawanensis
Veron, 2000
Western Central Pacific
Montipora patula
Verrill, 1869
Sandpaper rice coral Eastern Central Pacific
Montipora peltiformis
Bernard, 1897
Indo-Pacific
Montipora porites
Veron, 2000
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora samarensis
Nemenzo, 1967
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora saudii
Turak, DeVantier & Veron, 2000
Western Indian Ocean
Montipora setosa
Nemenzo, 1976
Indo-Pacific
Montipora spongiosa
(Ehrenberg, 1834)
Montipora spongodes
Bernard, 1897
Indo-Pacific
Montipora spumosa
(Lamarck, 1816)
Indo-Pacific
Montipora stellata
Bernard, 1897
Velvet branch coral Indo-West Pacific
Montipora stilosa
(Ehrenberg, 1834)
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora striata
Bernard, 1897
Tuberculate pore coral Western Pacific
Montipora taiwanensis
Veron, 2000
Western Pacific
Montipora tuberculosa
(Lamarck, 1816)
Indo-Pacific
Montipora turgescens
Bernard, 1897
Indo-Pacific
Montipora turtlensis
Veron & Wallace, 1984
Indo-Pacific
Montipora undata
Bernard, 1897
Indo-Pacific
Montipora vaughani
Hoffmeister, 1925
Eastern Central Pacific
Montipora venosa
(Ehrenberg, 1834)
Indo-Pacific
Montipora verrilli
Vaughan, 1907
Indo-Pacific 0.1
Montipora verrucosa
(Lamarck, 1816)
Indo-Pacific
Montipora verruculosa
Veron, 2000
Indo-West Pacific
Montipora vietnamensis
Veron, 2000
Indo-West Pacific
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