Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Kirchenpaueria pinnata
hidroide, Hydroids
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Family
Kirchenpaueriidae
Genus
Kirchenpaueria
Species
pinnata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Diplocyathus minutus Leloup, 1930, Kirchenpaueria echinulata (Lamarck, 1816), Kirchenpaueria pinnata var. echinulata Lamarck, 1816, Kirchenpaueria pinnata var. similis Hincks, 1859, Kirchenpaueria similis (Hincks, 1861) (possible synonym) Plumularia echinulata Lamarck, 1816, Plumularia helleri Hincks, 1872, Plumularia macleodii Westendorp, 1843, Plumularia similis Hincks, 1861, Sertularia pinnata Linnaeus, 1758 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- 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.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Kirchenpaueria pinnata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15230. Accessed 7 November 2026.