Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Astrangia equatorialis
coral, coral no hermatípico, Ahermatypic corals
Coralites are closely spaced, united by a common thick coenosteum. Individuals project 2.5 mm above the thick coenosteum.
Uncommon in Galapagos but found in cryptic and semi-cryptic habitats on rock substrate throughout the archipelago.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Astrangiidae
Genus
Astrangia
Species
equatorialis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Astrangia gardinerensis Durham & Barnard, 1952
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Endemic to Galapagos
- Ahyong, S Et. al. (2025) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. doi:10.14284/170
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- Durham, W.J. (1962) Corals from the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32 (2): 41-56.
- 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.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Chiriboga, A., Ober, W.C. (2005) A field guide to corals of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 54 pp.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
- Loeser, H. Fernández-Mendiola, P. A., Perez-Malo, J., Pascual, S. D., & Cahuzac, B (2021) Redefinition of the family Rhizangiidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous to Recent) and description of a new genus from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen, 299(3), 259-274.
- 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, Astrangia equatorialis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7883. Accessed 30 October 2026.