Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Cladocoryne floccosa Rotch, 1871

Hydroids

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Anthoathecata

Suborder
Capitata

Family
Cladocorynidae

Genus
Cladocoryne

Species
floccosa

Taxon category: Accepted

Cladocoryne pelagica Allman, 1876, Cladocoryne simplex Perrier, 1886, Hydra corynaria Bosc, 1797, Polycoryne helleri Graeffe, 1883, (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands, Isabela, Punta Vicente Roca, (Calder et al., 2003).

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.
  • 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.
  • 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, Cladocoryne floccosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15765. Accessed 31 October 2026.