Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Hippoporella gorgonensis Hastings, 1930, Lifuella gorgonensis (Hastings, 1930) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: (H. gorgonensis) Southern California, Gulf of California, west coast of Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Galapagos Island in Isabela, Wenman, Santiago (Raymond Carroll Osburn, 1952). Southern California and Galapagos Island of Wenman, Santiago, Santa Cruz, Isabela, Española (Banta & Redden, 1990).

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