Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Campanularia coruscans Schneider, 1898, Campanularia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758), Eucope alternata A. Agassiz, 1865, Eucope diaphana L. Agassiz, 1862, Eucope fusiformis A. Agassiz, 1865, Eucope polygena A. Agassiz, 1865, Laomedea geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758), Laomedea lairii Lamouroux, 1816, Monosklera pusilla von Lendenfeld, 1885, Obelia diaphana (L. Agassiz, 1862), Obelia geniculata f. gaussi Vanhöffen, 1910, Obelia geniculata f. subsessilis Jäderholm, 1904, Obelia gymnopthalma Spagnoli, 1871, Sertularia geniculata Linnaeus, 1758 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: Mexico, Peru and Galapagos Island in Isabela (Fraser, 1938). California and Galapagos Island in Wolf and Isabela (Calder et al., 2003; Fraser, 1938)

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• Fraser, C. M. (1938) Hydroids of the 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1938 Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions (pp. 1–152)