Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Alternative spelling: Montastraea
Synonyms: Heliastreopsis Chevalier 1954, Orbicella Dana 1846, Phyllocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848, Phyllocoeniopsis Alloiteau 1957
Parent taxon: Faviidae according to W. Kiessling et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Agathiphylliinae, Amphimeandra, Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Antillophyllia, Aquitanastraea, Australogyra, Barabattoia, Caulastrea, Cladocora, Colpophyllia, Columellogyra, Cyphastrea, Dactylosmilia, Defrancia, Dictuophyllia, Dictyoastraea, Diploastrea, Diploria, Echinopora, Edwardsastraea, Eohydnophora, Erythrastrea, Eugyra, Favia, Faviinae, Favites, Felixigyra, Goniastrea, Grandifavia, Hadrophyllia, Haldonia, Hydnophora, Kobyphyllia, Ksiazkiewiczia, Leptastrea, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Manicina, Montastreinae, Monticulastraea, Moseleya, Myriophyllia, Oulastrea, Oulophyllia, Parasimplastrea, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Plesiastrea, Pseudisastraea, Pseudomyriophyllia, Sakalavastraea, Solenastrea, Stephanaxocoenia, Tarbellastraea
Subtaxa: Montastrea alpina, Montastrea annularis, Montastrea annuligera, Montastrea antilliana, Montastrea bachmayeri, Montastrea bainbridgensis, Montastrea brevis, Montastrea bumi, Montastrea canalis, Montastrea cavernosa, Montastrea colemani, Montastrea costata, Montastrea cribraria, Montastrea cubana, Montastrea curta, Montastrea cylindrica, Montastrea davisina, Montastrea edwardsensis, Montastrea endothecata, Montastrea eocenica, Montastrea exsculpta, Montastrea felixi, Montastrea gabbi, Montastrea heimi, Montastrea imperatoris, Montastrea inaequalis, Montastrea intermedia, Montastrea irradians, Montastrea katzeri, Montastrea lauensis, Montastrea lepidoides, Montastrea lilli, Montastrea limbata, Montastrea linggapadangensis, Montastrea lyonsi, Montastrea nancyi, Montastrea nodosa, Montastrea orbitoides, Montastrea pecosensis, Montastrea pediculata, Montastrea peninsularis, Montastrea prima, Montastrea roemeriana, Montastrea rotunda, Montastrea rudis, Montastrea schuberti, Montastrea schweinfurthi, Montastrea tabulata, Montastrea tampaensis, Montastrea tchihatcheffi, Montastrea texana, Montastrea trinitatis, Montastrea valenciennesii, Orbicella boehmi, Orbicella praeheliopora, Phyllocoenia pomeli
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore