Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hincksella cylindrica
Hidroides, Hydroids
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: Tropical Eastern Pacific, Colombia, Panama, Mexico and Ecuador in Galapagos Island in North western of Santa Cruz (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, Hincksella cylindrica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15775. Accessed 31 October 2026.