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Acropora palmerae

An endangered acroporid coral found in Indo-Pacific shallow reefs.

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Acropora palmerae

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Acropora palmerae is a species of stony coral in the family Acroporidae, order Scleractinia.[1] The species is classed as endangered on the IUCN Red List, with a decreasing population.[2] Wells (1954) originally described this coral as Acropora palmerae.[3][1]

Scientific classification

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumCnidaria
  3. SubphylumAnthozoa
  4. ClassHexacorallia
  5. OrderScleractinia
  6. FamilyAcroporidae
  7. GenusAcropora
  8. SpeciesAcropora palmerae

Named by Wells, 1954

Close relatives

Other species of Acropora with a Codexery entry.

Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Acropora palmerae (CC BY-SA 4.0) · order, family and genus agree with WoRMS AphiaID 207049 (CC BY 4.0)

Conservation status

Endangered (EN)

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN▲ this species
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX
Population trend
Not held in our sources — see the assessment
Assessment published
2024

Source: IUCN Red List assessment · GBIF copy of the Red List category

Where the acropora palmerae has been recorded

Where the acropora palmerae has been recorded41 mapped locations from 136 GBIF occurrence records

Each dot is a place where the species has been observed and reported (136 records, half-degree grid) — not a modelled range. 1 inland record left out (institution coordinates).

Map: drawn by Codexery. Data: GBIF occurrence search (records CC0 / CC BY) · Natural Earth basemap (public domain)

Biology and range

Its population is threatened by coral reef reduction, temperature increase, climate change, human activity, the crown-of-thorns starfish, and disease.[2] Colonies of this species are encrusting and have irregular branches, with some colonies exceeding one meter in diameter.[4] The axial corallites are prominent yet variable, while the radial corallites are predominantly rasp-shaped.[4] Coloration ranges from pink-brown to green-brown.[4]

This coral's distribution includes the northern Indian Ocean, central Indo-Pacific, Australia, Southeast Asia, Japan, the East China Sea, and the western Pacific Ocean.[2]

What the specialist sources record

The World Register of Marine Species lists Acropora palmerae as an accepted species in the family Acroporidae.[1] GBIF records 250 occurrence records for this taxon as of 7 October 2026.[5] The GBIF backbone taxonomy places the species in the class Anthozoa and order Scleractinia.[5]

References

  1. World Register of Marine Species, Acropora palmerae (AphiaID 207049). CC BY 4.0. marinespecies.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Acropora palmerae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Richards, Z.T., "Acropora palmerae", 2024 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Acropora palmerae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Acropora palmerae", World Register of Marine Species (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Acropora palmerae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Acropora palmerae", Australian Institute of Marine Species (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence index, Acropora palmerae (taxon key 5184646). CC BY 4.0 (backbone); counts are facts. gbif.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Acropora palmerae (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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1. In what year was Acropora palmerae first scientifically described?

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Not quite. The answer is 1954.

2. Who first scientifically described the Acropora palmerae?

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Not quite. The answer is Wells.

3. What is the IUCN Red List category of the Acropora palmerae?

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Not quite. The answer is Endangered.

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Sources

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