Acropora palmata

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• Common Names
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

zooxanthellate

Vulnerable

Common Names

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Cairns S.D., Hoeksema B .W. & van der Land J., 2006

Similar Species

Members of the genus Acropora

There are approximately 282 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. (Isopora) · A. abrolhosensis · A. abrotanoides · A. accepted namea · A. acervata · A. aculeus · A. acuminata · A. affinis · A. africana · A. akajimensis · A. angulata · A. anthocercis · A. appressa · A. arabensis · A. arbuscula · A. armata · A. aspera · A. austera · A. awi · A. azurea · A. batunai · A. bifurcata · A. bonelli · A. botryoides · A. brachi · A. branchi · A. brueggemanni · A. bruggemanni · A. bushyensis · A. calamaria · A. canalis · A. cancellata · A. capillaris · A. cardenae · A. carduus · A. caroliniana · A. cerealis · A. cervicornis (Staghorn Coral) · A. ceylonica · A. chesterfieldensis · A. clathrata · A. clavigera · A. conferta · A. conigera · A. convexa · A. cophodactyla · A. copiosa · A. corymbosa · A. crassa · A. crateriformis · A. cribripora · A. cuneata · A. cuspidata · A. cylindrica · A. cymbicyathus · A. cythera · A. cytherea · A. cytheria · A. danai · A. delicatula · A. dendrum · A. derawaensis · A. derawanensis · A. desalwii · A. diffusa · A. digitifera · A. dispar · A. disticha · A. divaricata · A. diversa · A. donei · A. downingi · A. dumosa · A. duncani · A. echinata · A. efflorescens · A. effusa · A. elegans · A. elegantula · A. elizabethensis · A. elseyi · A. erythraea · A. eurystoma · A. exarata · A. exigua · A. exquisita · A. fenneri · A. filiformis · A. florida · A. forbesi · A. formosa · A. forskali · A. forskalii · A. gemmifera · A. glauca · A. globiceps · A. glochiclados · A. gomezi · A. gonagra · A. gracilis

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Further Reading

• A manual of the common invertebrate animals, exclusive of insects / by Henry Sherring Pratt with over one thousand illustrations. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1923. ENG url p. 146.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 459.
• Atlantic reef corals, a handbook of the common reef and shallow-water corals of Bermuda, Florida, the West Indies, and Brazil; photos. by Fredrick M. Bayer. [Coral Gables]University of Miami Press1948. ENG url p. 111, p. 56, p. 66, p. 75, p. 76.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 50.
• Bulletins of American paleontology. Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] ENG url p. 138, p. 142, p. 148, p. 151, p. 152, p. 154, p. 24, p. 274, p. 284, p. 285, p. 286, p. 287, p. 30, p. 38, p. 475.
• Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- ENG url p. 19.
• Dangerous marine animals. Cambridge, Md., Cornell Maritime Press, 1959. ENG url p. 139, p. 34, p. 35.
• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. ENG url p. 194, p. 195, p. 196, p. 55, p. 56, p. 68.
• Final environmental impact statement prepared on the proposed Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coastal Zone Management, [1980] ENG url p. 125, p. 48, p. 5, p. 51, p. 53, p. 54, p. 7.
• Fishery bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. ENG url p. 291, p. 577.
• Journal of shellfish research. [S.l.: National Shellfisheries Association, 1981- url p. 47.
• Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Oxford [etc.]Royal Microscopical Society. ENG url p. 200, p. 429.
• Oceanology: biology of the ocean. M.E. Vinogradov, editor in chief; Albert L. Peabody, translator. Woods Hole, Mass.: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Center, 1985. ENG url p. 168.
• Oceanus. [Woods Hole, Mass., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution] ENG url p. 12, p. 14, p. 47, p. 48, p. 75.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 517, p. 519, p. 651.
• Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands / New York Academy of Sciences. New York, N.Y.: The Academy, 1919- url p. 169, p. 172, p. 219.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, ENG url p. 110, p. 130, p. 136, p. 187, p. 190, p. 239, p. 245, p. 260, p. 272, p. 325, p. 418, p. 422, p. 422, p. 427, p. 57, p. 58, p. 59, p. 60, p. 61.
• The ecology of coral reefs: results of a Workshop on Coral Reef Ecology held by the American Society of Zoologists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1983 / edited by Marjorie L. Reaka. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Office of Undersea Research, ENG url p. 139, p. 140, p. 146, p. 148, p. 163, p. 165, p. 168, p. 182, p. 183, p. 186, p. 195.
• The ecology of deep and shallow coral reefs: results of a workshop on coral reef ecology held by the American Society of Zoologists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1983 / edited by Marjorie L. Reaka. Rockville, MD.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Office of Undersea Research, [1983] ENG url p. 114.
• The underwater guide to marine life [by] Carleton Ray and Elgin Ciampi. New York, Barnes[1956] ENG url p. 103.
• Year book - Carnegie Institution of Washington. [Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington] ENG url p. 228, p. 229, p. 230.

Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora Second Edition. Special Publication 28. ISBN 1-888569-39-5.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land (from URMO).
• UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment -Benthic (OBIS Australia)
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2566398
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-SCL-92
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14578492
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 52861
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IDANT01010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 153665

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