Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pocillopora meandrina
coral pétreo, coral coliflor, Stony coral, cauliflower coral
Colonies are small, neat, upright bushes, with uniform, rounded and medium sized verrucae.
Uncommon in Galapagos, but found occasionally on shallow rocky substrates, from 3-15m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Pocilloporidae
Genus
Pocillopora
Species
meandrina
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Found in Hawaii, the Indo-Pacific and western, from Mexico to Ecuador, including Galapagos. Within the Galapagos archipelago distributed throughout the central and far-northern Bioregions, except Fernandina and W Isabela.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
- 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. (2009) Evolutionary Responses of Marine Invertebrates to Insular Isolation in Galapagos. Journal of Science and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands, p. 32-42.
- Banks, S. Vera, M. & Chiriboga, A. (2009) Establishing Reference Points to Assess Long-Term Change in Zooxanthellate Coral Communities of the Northern Galapagos Coral Reefs. J. Sci. Conserv. in the Galapagos Islands, p. 43-64.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pocillopora meandrina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7906. Accessed 16 July 2025.