Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Culicia rubeola
coral, coral no hermatípicos, Ahermatypic corals
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Rhizangiidae
Genus
Culicia
Species
rubeola
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Culicia huttoni Tenison-Woods, 1878, Dendrophyllia rubeola Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Cosmopolitan in distribution.
- 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. (1991) A revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galápagos and the Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 504: 1-44.
- 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, Culicia rubeola", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7923. Accessed 31 October 2026.