WoRMS taxon details

Acropora palmerae Wells, 1954

207049  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207049)

accepted
Species
Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora minuta Veron, 2000 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Wells JW. (1954). Bikini and nearby atols: 2. Oceanography (biologic). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. <em>Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260-1: 385-486, pls. 94-185. [details]   
Holotype  USNM 44482, geounit Marshall Islands...  
Holotype USNM 44482, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Marshall Islands (Veron, 1986).  
From other sources
Type locality Marshall Islands (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description Colonies are encrusting with or without short irregularly shaped branches. Radial corallites are mostly rasp-like except...  
Description Colonies are encrusting with or without short irregularly shaped branches. Radial corallites are mostly rasp-like except that they face in different directions. Colour: greenish- or pinkish-brown. Abundance: Very rare, except on some outer reefs. Restricted to intertidal reef flats exposed to extreme wave action where colonies may exceed 2 m in diameter (Veron, 1986). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora palmerae Wells, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207049 on 2024-03-19
Date
action
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
2000-09-28 07:24:50Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2013-09-22 08:21:59Z
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original description Wells JW. (1954). Bikini and nearby atols: 2. Oceanography (biologic). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. <em>Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260-1: 385-486, pls. 94-185. [details]   

original description  (of Acropora minuta Veron, 2000) Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em>  [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 15 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Veron JEN. (2002). New species described in Corals of the World. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 11: 1-209.
page(s): 42, 43 [details]   

additional source Wallace CC, Done BJ, Muir PR (2012) Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 57: 1-255. [details]   

additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume I: Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 1, pp. 463.
page(s): 211 [details]   

additional source Sheppard, C. R. C.; Sheppard, A. L. S. (1985). The central Red Sea at Yanbu al Sinaiyah. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 17-36
page(s): 30 [details]   

additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
page(s): 8 [details]   

source of synonymy Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 44482, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G30209, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G30210, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G30211, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G30212, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G30213, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G30214, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G30215, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G30216, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G30217, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G30218, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G33130, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G33204, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G33226, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G35694, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G35733, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G35839, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G36020, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G36069, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G36070, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G49359, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G49360, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G49361, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmerae Wells, 1954) MTQ G53635, geounit Guam Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 44480, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Biology zooxanthellate [details]

Description Colonies are encrusting with or without short irregularly shaped branches. Radial corallites are mostly rasp-like except that they face in different directions. Colour: greenish- or pinkish-brown. Abundance: Very rare, except on some outer reefs. Restricted to intertidal reef flats exposed to extreme wave action where colonies may exceed 2 m in diameter (Veron, 1986). [details]

Type locality Marshall Islands (Veron, 1986). [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese マツカサミドリイシ  [details]