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WoRMS taxon detailsAcropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)
 288227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288227)
accepted
Species
Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora (Eumadrepora) muricata var. palmata Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora alces (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora flabellum (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora muricata var. alces (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora muricata var. alcesperampla Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora muricata var. cornuta (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora muricata var. flabellum (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora muricata var. flabellum flabelloprolifera Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora muricata var. palmata (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora muricata var. palmata palmatoprolifera Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora muricata var. palmata surculopalmata Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora muricata var. perampla (Horn, 1861) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora palmata f. crustosa Kühlmann, 1975 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora palmata f. erecta Kühlmann, 1975 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora palmata f. palmata (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Acropora palmata f. retroflexa Kühlmann, 1975 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heteropora flabellum (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heteropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Isopora muricata f. palmata (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora alces Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora cornuta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora flabellum Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora palmata Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Madrepora perampla Horn, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora thomasiana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine,
(of Madrepora palmata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]
Lectotype (of Madrepora cornuta Duchassaing &...
Lectotype (of Madrepora cornuta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 499, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288227 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Madrepora palmata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details] original description (of Madrepora flabellum Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]  original description (of Madrepora cornuta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details] original description (of Madrepora alces Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] original description (of Madrepora perampla Horn, 1861) Horn, G.H. (1861). Description of new corals in the Museum of the Academy. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1860: 435. [details] original description (of Acropora palmata f. erecta Kühlmann, 1975) Kühlmann, D.H.H. (1975). Characterization of the coral reefs off Veracruz/Mexico. <em>Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie.</em> 60(4): 495-521., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19750600404 [details] original description (of Acropora palmata f. retroflexa Kühlmann, 1975) Kühlmann, D.H.H. (1975). Characterization of the coral reefs off Veracruz/Mexico. <em>Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie.</em> 60(4): 495-521., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19750600404 [details] original description (of Acropora palmata f. crustosa Kühlmann, 1975) Kühlmann, D.H.H. (1975). Characterization of the coral reefs off Veracruz/Mexico. <em>Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie.</em> 60(4): 495-521., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19750600404 [details] original description (of Acropora muricata var. palmata palmatoprolifera Verrill, 1901) Verrill A. E. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464046 [details] original description (of Acropora muricata var. palmata surculopalmata Verrill, 1901) Verrill A. E. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464046 [details] original description (of Acropora muricata var. flabellum flabelloprolifera Verrill, 1901) Verrill A. E. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464046 [details] original description (of Acropora muricata var. alcesperampla Verrill, 1901) Verrill A. E. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464046 [details] original description (of Madrepora thomasiana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details] basis of record 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] Othercontext source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap & J.C. Lang. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 333–347. [details] Available for editors  [request]additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [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 Zlatarski VN, Martinez Estalella N. (1982). Les Scléractiniaires de Cuba avec des données sur les organismes associés. <em>Editions l'Académie bulgare des Sciences, Sofia.</em> 472 pp. [details] additional source Grajales V.A., Aguilar C., Sánchez J. (2007). Phylogenetic reconstruction using secondary structures of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2, rDNA): finding the molecular and morphological gap in Caribbean gorgonian corals. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 90.</em> page(s): 6 [details] additional source Kitahara, M.V., J. Stolarski, S.D. Cairns, F. Benzoni, J.L. Stake & D.J. Miller. (2012). The first modern solitary Agariciidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) revealed by molecular and microstructural analysis. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 26 (3): 303-315., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is11053 page(s): 305, 307 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Cortès, J., Guzmán, H. (1985). Organismos de los arrecifes coralinos de Costa Rica III. Descripcion y distribucion geografica de corales escleractinios (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia) de la Costa Caribe. <em>Brenesia.</em> 24: 63-123. [details] additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [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): 202-203 [details] additional source Fautin, D. G.; Bucklin, A. (1988). Anthozoan dominated benthic environments. volume 3, pp. 231-236 page(s): 234 [details] additional source Zlatarski, V. N.; Estalella, N. M. (1980). Scleractinia of Cuba with data on the constituent organisms [in Bulgarian]. Bulgarian Academy of Science. Sophia., pp. 312. page(s): 17, 26, 30, 34-38, 39, 192-200. 208-211, 214, 215, 218-222, 224-227, 229-231, 233, 234, 240-248, 250, 296, 307 [details] additional source Cairns, S.D. (1982). Stony corals (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Scleractinia) of Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. <em>Smithsonian Contribution to the Marine Sciences.</em> 12:271-302. page(s): 272, 276-277, Plate 3, Figure 121b,c [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Miller, A. C. (1981). Cnidarian prey of the snails Coralliophila abbreviata and C. caribaea (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science, 31(4): 932-934 page(s): 933 [details] additional source Laborel, J. (1970). Les peuplements de madréporaires des côtes tropicales du Brésil. Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, 2, E, (3): 7-261 page(s): 182, 183, 191, 216 [details] additional source Lasker, H. R. (1983). Vegetative reproduction in the octocoral Briareum asbestinum (Pallas). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 72, 157-169 page(s): 161 [details] additional source Baker, A. C.; Romanski, A. M. (2007). Multiple symbiotic partnerships are common in scleractinian corals, but not in octocorals: comment on Goulet (2006). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 335, 237-242 page(s): 238 [details] additional source Reinicke, G. B.; Schuhmacher, H. (1996). Significance of different traits of soft-coral assemblages (Octocorallia, Alcyoniina) in benthic reef communities of the Red Sea. Göttinger Arbeiten zur Geologie Paläontologie, Sb2, 77-84 page(s): 78, 81, 82 [details] additional source Severance, E. G.; Karl, S. A. (2006). Contrasting population genetic structures of sympatric, mass-spawning Caribbean corals. Marine Biology, 150, 57-68 page(s): 58 [details] additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295. page(s): 291, 293 [details] additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113 page(s): 61, 73, 112 [details] additional source Palincsar, E. E.; Jones, W. R.; Palincsar, J. S.; Glogowski, M. A.; Mastro, J. L. (1989). Bacterial aggregates within the epidermis of the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida. Biological Bulletin, 177, 130-140 page(s): 130 [details] additional source Almy CC, Carrión-Torres C. (1963). Shallow water stony corals of Puerto Rico. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 3: 269-279. [details] additional source Sánchez M, Armando J. (1995). Benthic communities and geomorphology of the Tesoro Island coral reef, Colombian Caribbean. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras-INVEMAR,.</em> 24(1):.55-77. [details] additional source Zlatarski V. (1972). Sobre la fauna coralina de Cuba. <em>Circulares del Museo y Biblioteca de Zoologia de la Habana.</em> 13(351): 1501-1507. [details] additional source Kitchen, S. A.; Von Kuster, G.; Kuntz, K. L. V.; Reich, H. G.; Miller, W.; Griffin, S.; Fogarty, N. D.; Baums, I. B. (2020). STAGdb: a 30K SNP genotyping array and Science Gateway for Acropora corals and their dinoflagellate symbionts. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 10: 12488., available online at http://, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69101-z [details] additional source Britton, J.C. & B. Morton, 1989. Shore ecology of the Gulf of Mexico : i-viii, 1-387. page(s): 288, 344 [details] additional source Guzman, H.M., 1998. Diversity of stony, soft and black corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia, Gorgonacea, Antipatharia; Hydrozoa: Milleporina) at Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Honduras. Rev. Biol. Trop. 46 Suppl. 4: 75-80. page(s): 77 [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 Steiner, S.C.C., 2003. Stony corals and reefs of Dominica. Atoll Res. Bull. : 497-508. page(s): 1, 5, 7, 10 [details] additional source Karlson, R. H. 1980. Alternative competitive strategies in a periodically disturbed habitat. Bulletin of Marine Science 30(4): 894-890. page(s): 896, 898 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Madrepora cornuta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 499, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G33173, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G33174, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G33175, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G40918, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G48424, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G49995, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G49996, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G49997, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G51965, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G51966, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54475, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54490, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54491, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54492, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54493, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54494, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54495, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54496, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54497, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54498, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 66.11.24.1, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 74.6.5.1, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 80.11.25.16, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 82.1.17.11 [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 82.1.17.11, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 86.11.25.16, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 86.12.9.275, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 86.12.9.276, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 86.12.9.278, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 91.2.3.1, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 91.2.3.6, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 92.6.8.213, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 93.4.7.24, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR I/389/E3 [details]
Nontype NMSR K 51 [details]
Nontype NMSR K 52 [details]
Nontype NMSR K 53 [details]
Paralectotype (of Madrepora cornuta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MZUF 430, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Madrepora thomasiana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 183, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unreviewed
Biology zooxanthellate [details]
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Madrepora flabellum Lamarck, 1816) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (135 publications) (from synonym Madrepora palmata Lamarck, 1816) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Madrepora cornuta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acropora alces (Dana, 1846)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications) To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Elkhorn Coral) To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Elkhorn Coral) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora palmata) To Fishipedia To GenBank (51988 nucleotides; 445 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered) To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE1155154wholecolonysideview) To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE1175093wholecolonysideview) To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE237verycloseup) (from synonym Madrepora alces Dana, 1846) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Madrepora alces Dana, 1846) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (263 records) To ITIS |
