Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dendrophyllia californica
coral pétreo, Stony coral
Habitat: Deep-water
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Dendrophylliidae
Genus
Dendrophyllia
Species
californica
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Dendrophyllia californica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15349. Accessed 14 June 2025.