Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pacifigorgia dampieri
coral blando, gorgonia, Soft coral, gorgonian
A single planed fan (brick red to dull orange in color), sometimes with secondary fans in different planes. Fans are composed of an intricate network of open meshes, and covered in milky white polyps.
Found on rocky substrates between 9-21 m in depth, on the islands of Darwin, Wolf and Roca Redonda.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Malacalcyonacea
Suborder
Holaxonia
Family
Gorgoniidae
Genus
Pacifigorgia
Species
dampieri
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Ecuador in Galapagos Islands of in the far-northern Bioregion, Darwin, Wolf, Roca Redonda
- Ahyong, S. Boyko, C.B., Bailly, N., Bernot, J., Bieler, R, ... Williams, D.M., Williams, G., Wilson, R., Witkowski, J., Wyatt, N., Wylezich, C., Xavier, J., Xu, K., Zanol, J., Zeidler, W., Zhao, Z., Zullini, A. (2024) 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. Hickman, C.P. & Williams, G.C. (2009) Octocorals in the Galapagos Islands. Galapagos Research 66: 27-31.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
- Williams, G. C Breedy, O. (2004) The Panamic Gorgonian genus Pacifigorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the Galapagos Archipelago, with descriptions of three new species Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 55(3): 55–88
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pacifigorgia dampieri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7946. Accessed 31 October 2026.