Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Halopteris violae
hidroide, Hydroids
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Suborder
Conica
Family
Halopterididae
Genus
Halopteris
Species
violae
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: Bartolomé, ROMIZ B3321,19 february 2000. Paratype: Bartolomé, ROMIZ B332019 february 2000 (Calder et al., 2003). Synm.:
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Galapagos Islands, Bartolomé I, Fernandina (Punta Espinosa), Santiago (Sombrero chino).
- 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, Halopteris violae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15770. Accessed 31 October 2026.