Monasteria Microporous Coral

Montipora monasteriata est une espèce de coraux appartenant à la famille des Acroporidae.

Montipora monasteriata là một loài san hô trong họ Acroporidae. Loài này được Forskäl mô tả khoa học năm 1775.

突星表孔珊瑚（学名：Montipora monasteriata）为軸孔珊瑚科表孔珊瑚屬下的一个种。

zooxanthellate

Encrusting sheets, tending to develop thick plates. The tuberculae are small, ranging in size from about 3 mm down to the diameter of the calices (.5 mm). There is a fairly wide variation in tuberculae size: some specimens could be mistaken for M. verrucosa, while others have small and widely dispersed tuberculae which appear as small beads on a fairly smooth surface (Sheppard, 1998). Colonies are massive or are unifacial or bifacial thick plates. Corallites are mostly immersed. The reticulum is covered with papillae and/or tuberculae. Colour: pale brown or pink with pink or white margins. Abundance: common on reef slopes (Veron, 1986). Encrusting lumpy sheets with tiny, sunken corallites; surface covered with rounded, irregular tubercles. Habitat: reef slopes (Richmond, 1997).