Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Leptogorgia alba
coral blando, gorgonia, Soft coral, gorgonian
A white gorgoian usually 10-20 cm high, with a trunk that gives rise to many branchlets that are covered in red-brown polyps.
Found on Drawin and Wolf islands.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Malacalcyonacea
Suborder
Holaxonia
Family
Gorgoniidae
Genus
Leptogorgia
Species
alba
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Found in El Salvador, Panama, and the northern Bioregion of the Galapagos Islands, 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.
- Breedy, O. Hickman, C.P. & Williams, G.C. (2009) Octocorals in the Galapagos Islands. Galapagos Research 66: 27-31.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Leptogorgia alba", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9592. Accessed 16 July 2025.