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List of all Genera which belong to Zooxanthellate Coral


Acropora palmata

Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)

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


(C) AFB
 Specimen Details:
Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)
Specimen: SUI 134614
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 5.0 cm
Reference:
Locality:

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(C) AFB
 Specimen Details:
Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)
Specimen: USNM 74028
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 10 mm
Reference:
Locality: Recent, Cayo Arenas, Yucatan, Mexico

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(C) AFB
 Specimen Details:
Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)
Specimen: SUI 134614
Image Type: light
Image view: corallite;
Scale: 1.0 cm
Reference:
Locality:

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(C) AFB
 Specimen Details:
Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)
Specimen: USNM 74028
Image Type: light
Image view: calice;
Scale: 5 mm
Reference:
Locality: Recent, Cayo Arenas, Yucatan, Mexico

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(C) AFB
 Specimen Details:
Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)
Specimen: SUI 102752
Image Type: light
Image view: colony;
Scale: 10mm
Reference:
Locality: Late Pliocene, Moin Fm (SantaRosa), Pueblo Nuevo, Limon, Costa Rica


(C) AFB
 Specimen Details:
Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)
Specimen:
Image Type: field
Image view: colony;
Scale:
Reference:
Locality: Recent, 10-20m, Discovery Bay, Jamaica


Distribution:
Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene
Q.Chocolate Formation. Q. Chocolate, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel ridges, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Early Pliocene
La Gruta Formation. Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene
Bowden Formation. Bowden Shell Beds, Bowden, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Hope Gate Formation. Rio Bueno, Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
La Gruta Formation. Isla Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Moin Fm (Empalme). Empalme Moin, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Moin Fm (SantaRosa). Pueblo Nuevo, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Q.Chocolate Fm (Buenos Aires). Buenos Aires, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
High Terrace. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Highest Terrace. Pos di Wanga, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Manchioneal Formation. Navy Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Moin Fm (Lomas del Mar).
       Lomas del Mar, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
       Portete, Limon, Costa Rica, southwest Caribbean.
Seroe Domi Formation. St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Swan Cay Formation. Swan Cay, Bocas del Toro, Panama, southwest Caribbean.
Early Pleistocene
321-394 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
394-445 fbmp. BDP Core Clino, Bahamas, northeast Caribbean.
Manchioneal Formation.
       Manchioneal Harbor, Manchioneal, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Navy Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Port Antonio, Port Antonio, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
       Port Maria, Port Maria, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene
Middle Terrace. Hato, Curacao, south Caribbean.
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene
Key Largo Formation. Key Largo, Florida Keys, Florida, north Caribbean.
San Andres Formation. San Andres, San Andres, central Caribbean.
San.Dom. Terraces. Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, central Caribbean.
Late Pleistocene
Falmouth Formation. Rio Bueno, Jamaica, central Caribbean.
Recent Recent
<10m. Discovery Bay, Jamaica, central Caribbean.