Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Tubastraea tenuilamellosa Milne Edwards & Haime 1848; Astropsammia pedersenii Verrill, 1869, Coenopsammia ehrenbergiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848, Coenopsammia gaimardi Milne Edwards & haime, 1848, Coenopsammia manni Verrill, 1866, Coenopsammia radiata Verrill, 1864, Coenopsammia tenuilamellosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848, Coenopsammia urvillei Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848, Dendrophyllia aurantiaca Quoy & Gaimard, 1833, Dendrophyllia manni (Verrill, 1866), Dendrophyllia surcularis Verrill, 1869, Dendrophyllia turbinata Nemenzo, 1960, Lobopsammia aurea Quoy & Gaimard, 1833, Lobopsammia darwini Duncan, 1876, Pachypsammia valida Verrill, 1866, Placopsammia darwini Duncan, 1876, Tubastaea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Cryptogenic

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: A circumtropical species that is common throughout the central and northern Galapagos Bioregions.

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• 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. (1991) A revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galápagos and the Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 504: 1-44.
• Carlton, J. T. Keith, I., & Ruiz, G. M. (2019) Assessing marine bioinvasions in the Galápagos islands: Implications for conservation biology and marine protected areas. Aquatic Invasions, 14(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2019.14.1.01
• Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 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. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
• Pourtalés, L.F. (1875) Corals at the Galapagos Islands. American Journal of Science, series 3, 10: 282-283.
• 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.