Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cellepora hyalina Linnaeus, 1767, Celleporella brongniartiana (d'Orbigny, 1842), Escharina brongniartiana d'Orbigny, 1842, Hippoporina hylina, Hippothoa hyalina (Linnaeus, 1767), Lepralia cylindrica Hassall, 1841, Lepralia hyalina (Linnaeus, 1767), Lepralia hyalina depressa Busk, 1854, Schizoporella hyalina (Linnaeus, 1767) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: (H. hyalina) Arctic, Alaska, Southern California, Peru and Island Galapagos (Raymond Carroll Osburn, 1952). Cosmopolitan and Galapagos Islands of in Santiago, Isabela (Banta & Redden, 1990).

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