Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pocillopora effusa
Coral pétreo, coral coliflor, Stony coral, cauliflower coral
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Pocilloporidae
Genus
Pocillopora
Species
effusa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pocillopora effusus Veron, 2000 (Horton et al., 2021).
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pocillopora effusa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19746. Accessed 3 May 2025.