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Acropora palmata   (Lamarck, 1816)

Elkhorn coral

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Dominican Republic country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: M: Ref. 846.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/dr.html
National Fisheries Authority: ttp://www.cep.unep.org/rep_dom/Rep_Dom.htm#SEA-PESQUERO
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Veron, J.E.N., 2000
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Scleractinia (Stony corals) > Acroporidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học

Cùng sống ở rạn san hô; Mức độ sâu 0 - 30 m (Ref. 83917).   Tropical; 28°N - 9°N, 98°W - 60°W (Ref. 846)

Sự phân bố Các nước | Các khu vực của FAO | Các hệ sinh thái | Những lần xuất hiện | Những chỉ dẫn

Western Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Bộ gần gũi / Khối lượng (Trọng lượng) / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Hình thái học

Species forms the largest colonies of all Acropora, with parallel, obliquely inclined, very thick, tapered branches. Corallites are tubular and irregular in length. Axial corallites are indistinct. Color can either be tan or pale brown with white axial corallites.

Sinh học     Tự điển (thí dụ epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 116012.

Life cycle and mating behavior Chín muồi sinh dục | Sự tái sinh sản | Đẻ trứng | Các trứng | Sự sinh sản | Ấu trùng

Hermaphroditic (Ref. 113712). Mature gametes are shed into the coelenteron and spawned through the mouth. Life cycle: The zygote develops into a planktonic planula larva. Metamorphosis begins with early morphogenesis of tentacles, septa and pharynx before larval settlement on the aboral end (Ref. 833).

Main reference Các tài liệu tham khảo | Người điều phối | Người cộng tác

Wallace, C.C. 1999. (Ref. 86439)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Critically Endangered (CR) ; Date assessed: 01 June 2021

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.5 - 28.2, mean 27.5 (based on 464 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.