Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cycloseris (Diaseris) distorta (Michelin, 1842), Cycloseris freycineti (Milne-Edwards & Haime), Cycloseris mexicana Durham, 1947, Diaseris distorta (Michelin, 1842), Diaseris pulchella Verrill, 1866, Fungia (Cycloseris) distorta Michelin, 1842, Fungia distorta Michelin, 1842, Fungia freycineti (Milne Edwards & Haime), Fungia patella var. dubia Döderlein, 1902 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: Gulf of California, Cocos Island, Tahiti, Ecuador, including Galapagos Island.

• 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.
• Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
• 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.