Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Zonaria durvillei (Bory de Saint-Vincent) Kützing, 1849 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Ecuador: La libertad - Guayas, beach near Salinas - Guayas tide pool Santa Elena - Guayas. Galapagos I.: Punta Albermarle, Bahía Banks, Caleta Tagus - Isabela, Cartago Bay, Bartolomé low tide line - Santiago, Velero Bay - Baltra, El Eden, Conway Bay, Academy Bay - Santa Cruz, Wreck Bay - San Cristobal, Bay - Santa Fe, Black Beach Anchorage - Floreana, (Taylor, 1945). Fernandina, Isabela, Santiago, Santa Cruz, Floreana, San Cristobal, Santa Fe and S. Seymour (Silva, 1966). Africa, Asia and America: Baja California, Gulf of California, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Revillagigedo, Ecuador, Galapagos I., Peru and Temperature South America (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

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• 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.
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• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.