Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Palythoa tuberculosa
zoantido, Zoanthid
Polyps are packed tightly together and exhibit a well developed coenenchyme often impregnated by sand particles.
Found primarily in intertidal areas, where polyps appear contracted during the day.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Zoantharia
Suborder
Brachycnemina
Family
Sphenopidae
Genus
Palythoa
Species
tuberculosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Common throughout the Indo-Pacific and in the central and western Bioregions of Galapagos.
- 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.
- Reimer, J.D. Hickman, C.P., Jr. (2007) Preliminary survey of zooxanthellate zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) of the Galapagos and associated symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.). Notícias de Galápagos 66: 14-19.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Palythoa tuberculosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7941. Accessed 25 June 2025.