Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Pocillopora coronata Gardiner, 1897, Pocillopora elongata Dana, 1846, Pocillopora eydouxi Milne Edwards, 1860 (Horton et al., 2021) Pocillopora rugosa Gardiner, 1897 (synonymy) Pocillopora symmetrica Thiel, 1932 Pocillopora coronata Gardiner, 1897 (synonymy) Pocillopora elongata Dana, 1846 (synonymy) Pocillopora eydouxi Milne Edwards, 1860 (synonymy) Pocillopora rugosa Gardiner, 1897 (synonymy) Pocillopora symmetrica Thiel, 1932

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Panama, Central America, Colombia , Hawaii, Line, Marquesas and Ecuador including Galapagos Islands (Wells, 1983)

• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
• 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.