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Isopora palifera (Lamarck, 1816)

Isopora palifera thin section showing multiple axial corallites
Isopora palifera thin section showing multiple axial corallites

730686 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:730686)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Acroporidae (Family)
  9. Isopora (Genus)
  10. Isopora palifera (Species)
accepted
Species
Acropora palifera (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) 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] OpenAccess publication
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Isopora palifera (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730686 on 2026-07-09
Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Isopora palifera (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730686 on 2026-07-09
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2013-05-10 23:25:21Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-05-10 16:41:32Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

original description (of ) 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] OpenAccess publication

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

basis of record 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] 

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.17082/j:2204-1478-56-2.2013-42 [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  PDF available

additional source Kitahara, M.V., S.D. Cairns & D.J. Miller. (2010). Monophyletic origin of Caryophyllia (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae), with descriptions of six new species. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 8(1): 91-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000903571088
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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] 

new combination reference Wallace CC, Chen CA, Fukami H, Muir PR. (2007). Recognition of separate genera within Acropora based on new morphological, reproductive and genetic evidence from Acropora togianensis, and elevation of the subgenus Isopora Studer, 1878 to genus (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniidae; Acroporidae). <em>Coral Reefs.</em> 26(2): 231-239., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-007-0203-4 [details] 
 
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To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Acropora palifera (Lamarck, 1816))
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Acropora palifera (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Acropora palifera (Lamarck, 1816))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Isopora palifera) 
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 48 proteins) 
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 48 proteins) (from synonym Acropora palifera (Lamarck, 1816))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Acropora palifera (Lamarck, 1816))
To IUCN Red List (Endangered) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (131 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 44648) 
From editor or global species database
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