Wellington’s solitary coral  (Rhizopsammia wellingtoni)

Range

Endemic to the Galápagos Islands, where in the past it has been recorded at just a few locations around the islands of Isabela and Floreana, and the islets of Daphne, Cousins and Gordons Rocks (1).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Wellington’s solitary coral occurs under rock ledges and overhangs and on the ceilings of caves, between depths of 2 and 45 metres (1).

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