Galapagos Species Database

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Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) diomedeae Marenzeller, 1904

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Anthozoa

Order
Scleractinia

Family
Caryophylliidae

Genus
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia)

Species
diomedeae

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Caryophyllia diomedeae Marenzeller, 1904 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

References

  • Cairns, S.D. (1991) A revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galápagos and the Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 504: 1-44.
  • Durham, W.J. (1966) Coelenterates, especially stony corals, from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. In: R.I. Bowman (ed): The Galápagos: Proc. Symposia G.I.S.P. Univ. California Press, Berkeley, p. 123-135.
  • Durham, W.J. (1962) Corals from the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32 (2): 41-56.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) diomedeae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24688. Accessed 31 October 2026.