Galapagos Species Database

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Hydractinia quadrigemina Fraser, 1938

Hydroide, Hydroids

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Anthoathecata

Suborder
Filifera

Family
Hydractiniidae

Genus
Hydractinia

Species
quadrigemina

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands in Isabela (Fraser, 1938).

References

  • Fraser, C.M. (1939) Distribution of the hydroids in the collections of the Allan Hancock Expeditions. Fraser, M. (1939). Distribution of the hydroids in the collections of the Allan Hancock Expeditions. In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. (Vol. 4, pp. 155–178).
  • 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, Hydractinia quadrigemina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19272. Accessed 1 November 2026.