Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Astrangia browni
coral, coral no hermatípico, Ahermatypic corals
Polyps are peach coloured, with diameters between 3.0 - 5.1 mm and extend only 1.0 mm above the white coenosteum.
Uncommon in galapagos but found beneath rocks, on Chapion Island (Floreana) and Caleta Iguana (Isabella).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Astrangiidae
Genus
Astrangia
Species
browni
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Astrangia gardnerensis, Durham & Barnard
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Found in the eastern Pacific including Mexico, and Galapagos.
- Ahyong, S Et. al. (2025) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. doi:10.14284/170
- 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.
- Cairns, S.D. (1991) A revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galápagos and the Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 504: 1-44.
- 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 browni", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7922. Accessed 1 November 2026.