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    Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) is an important reef-building coral in the Caribbean. The species has a complex structure with many branches which resemble...
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    (Dana, 1846) Acropora natalensis Riegl, 1995 Acropora ornata† (DeFrance, 1828) Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) - elkhorn coral Acropora palmerae Wells...
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    homomalla - USVI Caribbean". www.snorkelstj.com. "Elkhorn Coral - Acropora palmata - USVI Caribbean". www.snorkelstj.com. "Great Star Coral - Montestrea...
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    tissue of Caribbean acroporid corals, specifically elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (A. cervicornis). The disease exhibits a pronounced...
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    near the Florida keys, is a coral disease affecting Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) throughout the Caribbean. It causes irregular white patches or blotches...
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    Stephanoccenia intercepta elkhorn coral Acropora palmata staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis fused staghorn coral Acropora prolifera Agaricia agarities finger...
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    main town and resort. Fossilized staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) and elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) are present near the crest of the fossil reef...
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    etiology of white pox, a lethal disease of the Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata". Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 99 (13): 8725–30. doi:10.1073/pnas.092260099...
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    (62 mi) offshore. The main reef-building corals here are Acropora cervicornis, Acropora palmata, and Montastraea annularis, and in the late 1990s many of...
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  • Elkhorn Platycerium fern, also known as Elkhorn fern Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata Elkhorn (sculpture), a work by Lee Kelly in West Haven-Sylvan, Oregon...
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  • Foundation has used Snapper Ledge as a nursery site to grow Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata). Buoys at Pickles Reef and Snapper Ledge Diadema antillarum with unusual...
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  • level and meltwater pulse 1B recorded in Barbados reef crest coral Acropora palmata". Paleoceanography. 31 (2): 330–344. Bibcode:2016PalOc..31..330A. doi:10...
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    dogs and pigs inhabiting the island. In 2012, a rare coral species, Acropora palmata (elkhorn coral), was found underwater near the island. The remaining...
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  • Lirman, Diego (2000-08-23). "Fragmentation in the branching coral Acropora palmata (Lamarck): growth, survivorship, and reproduction of colonies and fragments"...
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    82 Reef-Building Coral Species; Proposed Reclassification of Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis from Threatened to Endangered". Federal Register...
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    found in the island's shores are: staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), pillar coral, brain coral, Erythropodium caribaeorum...
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    sometimes fusing with other branches. It also resembles elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and genetic studies show that it is a hybrid between that and staghorn...
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  • mixtibrachium 5 - 10 Colpophyllia natans Corallovexia similis 1.1 - 2 Acropora palmata Corallovexia ventrospinosa 4 - 40 Montastraea brasiliana, Montastraea...
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    reefs along the Florida coast north of the Florida Keys, staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), lettuce coral (Agaricia agaricites), grooved brain coral...
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    Endangered staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) alive at Looe Key in July 2010. Endangered elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) alive at Looe Key in July...
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    elkhorn coral Acropora palmata, and staghorn coral A. cervicornis. In the shallower areas, less than 10 ft (3 m) most of the Acropora is alive, while...
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    "Regionally isolated populations of an imperiled Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata". Molecular Ecology. 14 (5): 1377–1390. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005...
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    Committee, 2007-2018 Acropora Recovery Team Member for the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Listing of the threatened elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, National Marine...
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    (Montrastaea annularis), finger coral (Porites porites), and elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata). Invertebrate introductions have had an observable effect on Puerto...
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  • Budd and A. G. Coates. 2012. Neogene reef coral assemblages of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama: the rise of Acropora palmata. Coral Reefs 31(1):191-203...
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  • Florida Keys raises keystone species such as elkhorn (Acropora palmata) and staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) in coral tree nurseries and replants the corals...
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  • Budd and A. G. Coates. 2012. Neogene reef coral assemblages of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama: the rise of Acropora palmata. Coral Reefs 31(1):191-203...
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    source of white pox disease of the threatened Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata". Environmental Microbiology. 12 (5): 1122–1131. Bibcode:2010EnvMi...
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  • triunguis (Mediterranean subpopulation) Latimeria chalumnae Acropora cervicornis Acropora palmata Rhizopsammia wellingtoni Tubastraea floreana Porites pukoensis...
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  • Corals Worldwide, Acropora corals are important reef-building species; in the Caribbean, Elkhorn Acropora palmata and Staghorn Acropora cervicornis have...
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