Galapagos Species Database

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Kirchenpaueria pinnata (Linnaeus, 1758)

hidroide, Hydroids

Taxonomy

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

References

  • 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.