Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Calyptrophora reedi
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Alcyonacea
Suborder
Calcaxonia
Family
Primnoidae
Genus
Calyptrophora
Species
reedi
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: colony and SEM stubs 2334–2337, JSL-I-3930, USNM 1409027. Paratype: JSL-I-1922, 1 denuded colony with many detached polyps, USNM 1409028; NautilusNA-064-126-01-A, 1 branch, CDRS.
Origin: Native
Distribution: Galápagos: off Santa Cruz, Santiago, and Marchena, 445–509 m depth (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, Calyptrophora reedi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25004. Accessed 5 November 2026.