Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Madracis asperula Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

coral estrella, Stony coral

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Anthozoa

Order
Scleractinia

Family
Pocilloporidae

Genus
Madracis

Species
asperula

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Species distributed in the Mediterranean, Atlantic, Carribean, and Galapagos.

References

  • 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.
  • 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, Madracis asperula", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14477. Accessed 31 October 2026.