Acropora palmata

(Lamarck, 1816)

Holotype: MHNP (lost) no number; Recent; unspecified, West Indies.

Morphologic Description:

Colony Form: plocoid
Colony Shape: branching table-like fronds
Colony Size: large, fronds 1-3 cm thick; sometimes > 1 m high
Corallite Spacing: 1-2 mm
Budding Type: mostly extramural
Corallite Diameter: radial corallites 0.5-0.8 mm
Calical Surface Shape: radial corallites tubular to circular
Axial and Radial Corallite Characteristics: moderate to weakly developed axial corallites; evenly spaced radial corallites
Coenosteum Width: wide
Internal Coenosteum Structure: highly porous
Coenosteum Surface: strongly costate with spinules, reticulate
Relative Septum Thickness: weak
Lobes: none
Columella Structure: absent
Wall Structure: septothecal
Wall Characteristics: 0.1-0.3 mm thick

(C) AFB.	Specimen details: Image Description: USNM 74028 Image view: colony. Locality: : more information required. - Enlarge Image -
(C) AFB.	Specimen details: Image Description: USNM not registered Image view: colony. Locality: : more information required. - Enlarge Image -
(C) AFB.	Specimen details: Image Description: USNM not registered Image view: calice. Locality: : more information required. - Enlarge Image -
(C) AFB.	Specimen details: Image Description: USNM 74028 Image view: calice. Locality: : more information required. - Enlarge Image -

Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel ridges, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Shark's Hole Formation. Isla Colon, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Bowden Formation. Bowden Shell Beds, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Hope Gate Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Moin Formation. Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene, Q.Chocolate Formation. Buenos Aires, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, High Terrace Formation. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Highest Terrace Formation. Pos di Wanga, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Moin Formation. Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Moin Formation. Portete, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, 321-394fbmp Formation. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, 394-445fbmp Formation. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Manchioneal Harbor, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene, Manchioneal Formation. Port Maria, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene, Middle Terrace Formation. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, Key Largo Formation. Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, San.Dom. Terraces Formation. Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Late Pleistocene, Falmouth Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.

Last updated on 29 June 2004 - has