Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Desmophyllum cailleti Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864, Desmophyllum delicatum Yabe & Eguchi, 1942, Desmophyllum eburneum Moseley, 1881, Desmophyllum galapagense Vaughan, 1906, Desmophyllum nobile Verrill, 1885, Desmophyllum vitreum Alcock, 1898, Galaxea eburnea Pourtales, 1871

Origin: Native

Distribution: Found in the Indo-Pacific and extreme eastern Pacific, including Galapagos.

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• Durham, W.J. (1962) Corals from the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32 (2): 41-56.
• Durham, W.J. (1966) Coelenterates, especially stony corals, from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. In: R.I. Bowman (ed): The Galápagos: Proc. Symposia G.I.S.P. Univ. California Press, Berkeley, p. 123-135.
• Wells, J.W. (1983) Annotated list of the scleractinian corals of the Galápagos. In: Glynn, P.W. & Wellington, G.M.: Corals and coral reefs of the Galápagos Islands. University of California Press, Berkley, Los Angeles, London, 213-291 p.