Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Heterogorgia verrucosa
coral blando, gorgonia, Soft coral, gorgonian
Colonies consist of numerous yellow-brown branches which divide dichotomously, covered in prominent polyps.
A single specimen collected in Galapagos at Gordon Rocks, 23m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Malacalcyonacea
Family
Acanthogorgiidae
Genus
Heterogorgia
Species
verrucosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Heterogorgia tortuosa Verrill, 1868
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Found off the Pacific coasts of Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia and the central Galapagos Bioregion, Santa Cruz (Gordon Rocks)
- 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.
- Breedy, O. Guzman, H.M. (2011) A revision of the genus Heterogorgia Verrill, 1868 (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Plexauridae) Zootaxa 2995: 27–44pp.
- Breedy, O. Hickman, C.P. & Williams, G.C. (2009) Octocorals in the Galapagos Islands. Galapagos Research 66: 27-31.
- Breedy, O. Guzman, H.M. (2005) A New Species of Alcyonacean Octocoral from the Galápagos Archipelago. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. United Kingdom 85: 801-807.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Heterogorgia verrucosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7945. Accessed 31 October 2026.