African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)

AfReMaS taxon details

Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)

Acropora palmata

AphiaID

288227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288227)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acropora Oken, 1815

Original name

Madrepora palmata Lamarck, 1816

Synonymised names

Acropora alces (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288227 on 2026-02-16

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288227 on 2026-02-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2013-09-02 08:00:17Z

checked

Hoeksema, Bert

2018-08-27 16:36:11Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-29 06:08:19Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

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