Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Halecium pusillum
hidroide, Hydroids
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Suborder
Conica
Family
Haleciidae
Genus
Halecium
Species
pusillum
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Mediterraneo, North Atlantic and Western Pacific and Eastern, Galapagos Islands, Isabela (Punta Vicente Roca) (Calder et al., 2003).
- 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, Halecium pusillum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15768. Accessed 31 October 2026.