Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cladopsammia eguchii
coral pétreo, Stony coral
A solitary or quasi-colonial species that froms low clusters of often elongate corallines which are colored vemillion or pink.
Common on walls and under rock ledges throughout central Galapagos from 1-27 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Dendrophylliidae
Genus
Cladopsammia
Species
eguchii
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Balanophyllia eguchii Wells, 1982, Dendrophyllia arbuscula var. compressa Eguchi & Sazaki, 1973. Holotype (of Balanophyllia eguchii Wells, 1982) USNM 46966
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Found throughout the Pacific, from the Gulf of Panama, to Japan, Australia and the central Galapagos Bioregion.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cairns, S.D. (1986) Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 426: 1-42.
- 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.
- 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, Cladopsammia eguchii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7914. Accessed 31 October 2026.