WoRMS taxon details
Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)
288227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288227)
accepted
Species
Acropora alces (Dana, 1846) (synonymy)
Acropora flabellum (Lamarck, 1816) (synonymy)
Acropora muricata var. palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (previous combination)
Acropora muricata var. perampla (Horn, 1861) (synonymy)
Acropora palmata f. crustosa Kühlmann, 1975 (Synonymy)
Acropora palmata f. erecta Kühlmann, 1975 (Synonymy)
Acropora palmata f. palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (Synonymy)
Heteropora flabellum (Lamarck, 1816) (synonymy)
Heteropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (changed combination)
Madrepora alces Dana, 1846 (synonymy)
Madrepora flabellum Lamarck, 1816 (synonymy)
Madrepora muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816 (Synonymy)
Madrepora palmata Lamarck, 1816 (original combination, basionym)
Madrepora perampla Horn, 1861 (synonymy)
Forma Acropora palmata f. crustosa Kühlmann, 1975 accepted as Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (Synonymy)
Forma Acropora palmata f. erecta Kühlmann, 1975 accepted as Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (Synonymy)
Forma Acropora palmata f. palmata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (Synonymy)
Forma Acropora palmata f. retroflexa Kühlmann, 1975 accepted as Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (Synonymy)
Forma Acropora palmata f. erecta Kühlmann, 1975 accepted as Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (Synonymy)
Forma Acropora palmata f. palmata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (Synonymy)
Forma Acropora palmata f. retroflexa Kühlmann, 1975 accepted as Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (Synonymy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora palmata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome 5. Paris: Deterville/Verdière, 612 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46337 [details]
(of Madrepora muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris: Verdière, 568 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]
(of Madrepora muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris: Verdière, 568 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2021). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288227 on 2021-01-18
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original description
(of Madrepora palmata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome 5. Paris: Deterville/Verdière, 612 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46337 [details]
original description (of Madrepora flabellum Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris: Verdière, 568 pp., 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 thomassiana 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 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 Madrepora muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris: Verdière, 568 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]
original description (of Acropora muricata var. palmata palmatoprolifera Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (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. [details]
original description (of Acropora muricata var. palmata surculopalmata Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (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. [details]
original description (of Acropora muricata var. flabellum flabelloprolifera Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (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. [details]
original description (of Acropora muricata var. alcesperampla Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (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. [details]
basis of record Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., Jaap, W.C., and J.C. Lang. 2009. Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 333–347 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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 Zlatarski VN, Martinez EN. (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 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 Wallace, CC. (1999). Staghorn corals of the world: a revision of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia; Astrocoeniina; Acroporidae) worldwide, with emphasis on morphology, phylogeny and biogeography. CSIRO, Collingwood (Australia). pp i-xvii, 1-421. [details]
original description (of Madrepora flabellum Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris: Verdière, 568 pp., 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 thomassiana 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 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 Madrepora muricata f. palmata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris: Verdière, 568 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]
original description (of Acropora muricata var. palmata palmatoprolifera Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (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. [details]
original description (of Acropora muricata var. palmata surculopalmata Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (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. [details]
original description (of Acropora muricata var. flabellum flabelloprolifera Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (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. [details]
original description (of Acropora muricata var. alcesperampla Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (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. [details]
basis of record Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., Jaap, W.C., and J.C. Lang. 2009. Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 333–347 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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 Zlatarski VN, Martinez EN. (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 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 Wallace, CC. (1999). Staghorn corals of the world: a revision of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia; Astrocoeniina; Acroporidae) worldwide, with emphasis on morphology, phylogeny and biogeography. CSIRO, Collingwood (Australia). pp i-xvii, 1-421. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
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)
To GenBank (43432 nucleotides; 80 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
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
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)
To GenBank (43432 nucleotides; 80 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
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
