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 superseded combination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
Acropora palamrae Wells, 1954 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
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...
, Note Marshall Islands (Veron, 1986).
Holotype USNM 44482, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
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. (2025). 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 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
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]
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]
Taxonomy
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]
Other
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
[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]
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
[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]
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]
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マツカサミドリイシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Acropora minuta Veron, 2000)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora palmerae)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (27 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 44482)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Acropora minuta Veron, 2000)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora palmerae)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (27 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 44482)
To ITIS