Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dragmacidon raeae
Esponja, Sponge
This is an uncommon species, only recorded from Pinzon in the Galápagos; found growing on shallow rocky reef between 6-9 m of depth (Hickman, et al. 2021) .
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Axinellida
Family
Axinellidae
Genus
Dragmacidon
Species
raeae
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: MCCDRS9411, Maria Elena Islet, Pinzón Island, 0.592° S, 90.684° W, 9 m, 20 Jan 2003; Type locality. Maria Elena Islet, Pinzón Island (Sim-Smith et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Maria Elena Islet, Pinzón Island (Sim-Smith et al., 2021)
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Sim-Amith, C. & Michelle, K. (2021) A field guide to Sponge of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia.
- 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.
- Sim-Smith, C. CLEVELAND HICKMAN, J. R., & Kelly, M. (2021) New shallow water sponges (Porifera) from the Gálapagos Islands Zootaxa, 5012(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5012.1.1
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"Galapagos Species Database, Dragmacidon raeae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18822. Accessed 31 October 2026.