Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Monostaechas dichotoma Allman, 1877, Plumularia quadridens McCrady, 1859 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: East of Santa Barbara Island, NW of Natividad Island, Dewey Channel, Dewey Channel, Puerto Refugio, Angel de la Guardia Island, Tres Marias Islands, Mexico and Ecuador-Galapagos Islands in Floreana I (Calder et al., 2003; Fraser, 1938).

• 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.
• Calder, D.R. Mallinson, J.J., Collins, K. & Hickman, C.P. (2003) Additions to the Hydroids (Cnidaria) of the Galapagos, with a List of Species Reported from the Islands. J. Nat. Hist. 37:1173-1218.
• Fraser, C. M. (1938) Hydroids of the 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1938 Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions (pp. 1–152)
• Fraser, C.M. (1939) Distribution of the hydroids in the collections of the Allan Hancock Expeditions. Fraser, M. (1939). Distribution of the hydroids in the collections of the Allan Hancock Expeditions. In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. (Vol. 4, pp. 155–178).