Scleractinia name details
Madrepora oculata f. galapagensis Vaughan, 1906
527135 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527135)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Forma
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Vaughan TW (1906) Report on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific. VI Madreporaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50: 59-72, pls. 1-10. [details]
(of Madrepora galapagensis Vaughan, 1906) Vaughan TW (1906) Report on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific. VI Madreporaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50: 59-72, pls. 1-10. [details]
(of Madrepora galapagensis Vaughan, 1906) Vaughan TW (1906) Report on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific. VI Madreporaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50: 59-72, pls. 1-10. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Madrepora oculata f. galapagensis Vaughan, 1906. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527135 on 2026-05-16
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original description
Vaughan TW (1906) Report on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific. VI Madreporaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50: 59-72, pls. 1-10. [details]
original description (of Madrepora galapagensis Vaughan, 1906) Vaughan TW (1906) Report on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific. VI Madreporaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50: 59-72, pls. 1-10. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.504 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Madrepora galapagensis Vaughan, 1906) Vaughan TW (1906) Report on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific. VI Madreporaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50: 59-72, pls. 1-10. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.504 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype USNM 84781, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 84782, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 84783, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 84784, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 84785, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]