Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Callogorgia galapagensis
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Alcyonacea
Family
Primnoidae
Genus
Callogorgia
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: JSL-I-1933: 0°17.072'S, 91°04.208'W (off northwest tip of Fernandina, Galápagos), 663–788 m deep (Cairns, 2018).
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Galápagos: Tagus Cove between Isabela and Fernandina, north of Española, 308–633 m deep; Cocos Island, 628–656 m deep (Cairns, 2018).
- Ahyong, S. Boyko, C.B., Bailly, N., Bernot, J., Bieler, R, ... Williams, D.M., Williams, G., Wilson, R., Witkowski, J., Wyatt, N., Wylezich, C., Xavier, J., Xu, K., Zanol, J., Zeidler, W., Zhao, Z., Zullini, A. (2023) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Cairns, S.D. (2018) Deep-Water Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Part 1: Suborder Calcaxonia. ZooKeys 729: 1–46. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.729.21779
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"Galapagos Species Database, Callogorgia galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25001. Accessed 5 November 2026.