Galapagos Species Database

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Hincksella cylindrica (Bale, 1888)

Hidroides, Hydroids

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Leptothecata

Suborder
Conica

Family
Syntheciidae

Genus
Hincksella

Species
cylindrica

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Hincksella cylindrica var. pusilla (Ritchie, 1910), Hincksella gracilis (Stechow, 1921), Sertularella cylindrica Bale, 1888, Sertularella cylindrica var. pusilla Ritchie, 1910, Synthecium cylindricum (Bale, 1888), Synthecium gracile Fraser, 1937 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Tropical Eastern Pacific, Colombia, Panama, Mexico and Ecuador in Galapagos Island in North western of Santa Cruz (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, Hincksella cylindrica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15775. Accessed 31 October 2026.