Galapagos Species Database

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Pocillopora acuta Lamarck, 1816

Coral pétreo, coral coliflor, Stony coral, cauliflower coral

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Anthozoa

Order
Scleractinia

Family
Pocilloporidae

Genus
Pocillopora

Species
acuta

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Pocillopora apiculata Ehrenberg, 1834, Pocillopora bulbosa Ehrenberg, 1834, Pocillopora caespitosa Dana, 1846, Pocillopora damicornis bulbosa Ehrenburg, 1834, Pocillopora subacuta Milne Edwards, 1860 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

References

  • 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.
  • 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 acuta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20182. Accessed 23 June 2025.