Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pacifigorgia rubripunctata
coral blando, gorgonia, Soft coral, gorgonian
Forms a single primary fan with 2-3 secondary fans protruding right angles to the main fan. Polyps are orange-yellow in color and contrast with the dark red coenenchyme.
Found attached firmly to rock between 3-20 m depth.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Malacalcyonacea
Suborder
Holaxonia
Family
Gorgoniidae
Genus
Pacifigorgia
Species
rubripunctata
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 central Bioregion, Bartolome, Española, Rabida, Nameless, Santiago, Floreana (Gardner islet), Isabela (Cuatro Hermanos Islets), Genovesa
- 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 rubripunctata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7948. Accessed 31 October 2026.