Published as Monograph 22 by the Bureau of Science, Manila, Philippine Islands, this volume represents a critical piece of early 20th-century systematic work on Philippine fauna. The author, Leopoldo A. Faustino, was a prominent Filipino geologist and paleontologist who worked under the U.S. colonial-era Bureau of Science. The monograph provides a historical background on the systematic classification of corals and a comprehensive list and discussion of Madreporaria (stony corals) species known to occur in the Philippines , contributing significantly to the understanding of the Indo-Pacific reef-coral fauna during a period when the Philippines was a major center for American scientific exploration.
Recent Madreporaria of the Philippine Islands