Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gardineroseris planulata
coral pétreo, Stony coral
Colonies massive, pale or dark brown columnar structures, with irregular polygonal calyces.
Found on rocky substrates including walls and overhangs. In Galapagos, only a few isolated patches survived the 1982-83 and the 1997-98 El Nino events.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Agariciidae
Genus
Gardineroseris
Species
planulata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Agaricia ponderosa Gardiner,1905, Agariciella minikoiensis (Gardiner), Agraciella planulata, Agariciella ponderosa Gardiner, fide Appeltans et al. (2010).
Taxon origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Found in Panama, Cocos, Colombia, Malpelo, Line, Marquesas, Tuamotus, Tahiti, Hawaii, the tropical Indo-Pacific, eastern Pacific and Galapagos Islands in Floreana, Santa Cruz (this colony not found since 1998), Darwin, Wolf
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.