Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)

Wallace, Carden C., Done, Barbara J. & Muir, Paul R., 2012, Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland, Memoirs of the Queensland Museu Nature 57, pp. 1-258 : 142

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.2163512

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6168793

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scientific name

Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)
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Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) View in CoL

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Madrepora palmata Lamarck, 1816: 278 View in CoL .

Madrepora flabellum Lamarck, 1816: 279 .

Madrepora cornuta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1861: 32 . Madrepora thomasiana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1861: 32 .

Madrepora perampla Horn, 1861: 435 .

Type locality. ‘American Ocean’ (holotype NMHN). MTQ Holdings. Bahamas: G54475, G54496–98; Mexico: G48424; USA: G49995–97, G54490–95; Venezuela: G51965, G51966; Virgin Is.: G33173–75, G40918.

Species group: cervicornis .

Description. Colony outline: indeterminate, predominantly elkhorn. Branches: tertiary branching order absent; length: <25 mm; diameter: 10.0–19.9 mm, axial-dominated, terete; radial crowding: some touching; axial/radial ratio:>1:10. Axial corallites: two synapticular rings; porous; outer diameter 1.5–2.3 mm; inner diameter 0.7–1.6 mm; primary septa to ¾ R. Radial corallites: large; two synapticular rings; one size or graded; inner wall developed; shape: nariform; openings: oval-rounded; primary septa to 1/3 R. Coenosteum: different on and between radials: between radials: reticulo-costate, on radials: costate; spinule shape: single point.

Further literature. Van Oppen et al. (2000), Vollmer & Palumbi (2002), Gardner et al. (2003), Wallace (2012).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Acroporidae

Genus

Acropora

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Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)

Wallace, Carden C., Done, Barbara J. & Muir, Paul R. 2012
2012
Loc

Madrepora cornuta

Duchassaing & Michelotti 1861: 32
1861
Loc

Madrepora thomasiana

Duchassaing & Michelotti 1861: 32
1861
Loc

Madrepora perampla

Horn 1861: 435
1861
Loc

Madrepora palmata

Lamarck 1816: 278
1816
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Madrepora flabellum

Lamarck 1816: 279
1816
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