Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Endopachys grayi
coral pétreo, Stony coral
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Dendrophylliidae
Genus
Endopachys
Species
grayi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Endopachys japonicum Yabe and Eguchi, 1932, Endopachys oahense Vaughan, 1907, Endopachys vaughani Durham, 1947, Endopachys weberi Alcock, 1902
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Cosmopolitan in distribution.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Cairns, S.D. (1991) A revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galápagos and the Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 504: 1-44.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Endopachys grayi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14468. Accessed 31 October 2026.