Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Caulastraea multiseptata Yabe & Sugiyama, 1931, Caulastraea tumida Matthai, 1928, Caulastraea tumida conglobata Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935, Caulastraea tumida multiseptata Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935, Caulastraea yokoyamai Yabe & Sugiyama, 1931, Caulastraea yokoyamai var. gracilis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1931, Caulastrea multiseptata Yabe & Sugiyama, 1931, Caulastrea plana Hodgson & Ross, 1982, Caulastrea tumida Matthai, 1928, Caulastrea yokoyamai Yabe & Sugiyama, 1931 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

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