Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Endopsammia pourtalesi
coral pétreo, Stony coral
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Dendrophylliidae
Genus
Endopsammia
Species
pourtalesi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Thecopsammia pourtalesi Durham and Barnard, 1952
Origin: Native
- 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.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- 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, Endopsammia pourtalesi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14469. Accessed 6 November 2026.