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Acropora palmata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora palmata was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Isopora palmata by Spencer (1902); it was recombined as Astrhelia palmata by Vaughan (1904) and Wells (1956); it was recombined as Acropora palmata by Kiessling (2003) and Kiessling (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Madrepora palmata Lamarck p. 23 figs. Plate XXX, Figs. 6a, b
1833Madrepora palmata Goldfuss p. 23 figs. Plate XXX, Figs. 6a, b
1902Isopora palmata Spencer p. 349
1904Astrhelia palmata Vaughan p. 439
1956Astrhelia palmata Wells
2003Acropora palmata Kiessling
2008Acropora palmata Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciespalmata(Lamarck 1816)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:22:56
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:22:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (282 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Madrepora palmata (55396)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Acropora palmata (71389 71391 71395 71396 71397 71398 71409 71410 198247)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Acropora palmata (34539)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Acropora palmata (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Astrhelia palmata (79761)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Acropora palmata (41038 41039 41040 41042 41044 41045 41046 41048 41050 41051)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica Acropora palmata (71412 71413 71414 71417 71419)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Bahamas Acropora palmata (73663)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Jamaica Acropora palmata (34541)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Netherlands Antilles Acropora palmata (41055 41056 41057)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Acropora palmata (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Acropora palmata (71737 71773 71779 73617 73619 73623 73625 73626 124700)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Acropora palmata (73630 73633 120199 120201 120214 120216 120217 120221 120276 120278 120280 120282 120283 120284 120285 120287 120288 120290 120354)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bahamas Acropora palmata (73654 73666)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Barbados Acropora palmata (148824 148825)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Acropora palmata (60891)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Barbados Acropora palmata (102439 102440 102441 102442 102443 102444 102445 102446 102447 102448 102449 102450 102451 102452 102453 102454 102455 102456 102457 102458 102459 102460 102461 102462 102463 102464 102465 102466 102467 102468 102469 102470)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Guadeloupe Acropora palmata (127210)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.781 - 0.126Barbados Acropora palmata (88832 88863 88864 88865)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Haiti Acropora palmata (127206 127207)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Dominica Isopora palmata (209345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Acropora palmata (102659 102660 102661 102662 102663 102664 102665 102666 102667 102668 102669 102670 102671 102672 102673 102674 102675 102676 102677 102678 102679 102680 102681 102683 102684 102685 102686 102687 102688 102689 102693 102694 102695 102696 102697 102698 102699 102700 102701 102703 102704 102705 102706 102707)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Virgin Islands, U.S. Acropora palmata (119927 119928)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Acropora palmata (34518 34519 34520)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Acropora palmata (103517 103528 103529 103530 103531 103532 103534 103724 103725 103726 103728 103729 103732 103733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Haiti Acropora palmata (127203 127204 127205)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Acropora palmata (89553)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Belize Acropora palmata (80909 88824)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Virgin Islands, British Acropora palmata (209869)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Jamaica Acropora palmata (80612 176403 176404)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Barbados Acropora palmata (83670 102409 102410 102411 102412 102413 102414 102415 102416 102417 102418 102419 102420)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Bahamas Acropora palmata (88949 88952 89418)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Acropora palmata (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Venezuela Acropora palmata (83665 83666)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Bahamas Acropora palmata (102631 102633 102635 102637 102643 102645 102647 102649 102651)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Sint Eustatius) Acropora palmata (209789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Acropora palmata (81108 85457 127144 191403)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Acropora palmata (82822 127185)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles Acropora palmata (80902 80903 80904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Barbados Acropora palmata (102421 102422 102423 102424 102425 102426 102427 102428 102429 102430 102431 102432 102433 102434 102435 102436 102437 102438)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Guadeloupe Acropora palmata (127208 189821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Colombia Acropora palmata (102766 102767 102769 102772 102774 102775 102778 102779 102780 102783 102784 102786 102789 102790 102791 102792)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands Acropora palmata (97605)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Acropora palmata (166461)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico Acropora palmata (165252)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Acropora palmata (165794 165795 165796)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Acropora palmata (97607 97608 97667 97669 165254 165255)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Acropora palmata (97622 97623 97624 97653 97654 97655 97656 97657 97658 97659)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Barbados Acropora palmata (165800)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Belize Acropora palmata (97612 97707 97708 97709)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Acropora palmata (97611)