Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Eugorgia daniana
coral blando, gorgonia, Soft coral, gorgonian
Branches spread on one plane and coloured brown, tan, yellow or red.
Found attached to walls at 30 m, in Genovesa, Pinzon and Sin Nombre Island.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Malacalcyonacea
Suborder
Holaxonia
Family
Gorgoniidae
Genus
Eugorgia
Species
daniana
Taxon category: Accepted
Taxon origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Found in Costa Rica, Panama, and within the central and northern Galapagos Bioregions, Genovesa, Nameless, Pinzon
- 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.