Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Dynamena distans Lamouroux, 1816, Dynamena secunda Heller, 1868, Sertularia distans (Lamouroux, 1816), Sertularia distans var. gracilis Hassal, 1848, Sertularia erasmoi Vannucci, 1946, Sertularia gracilis Hassal, 1848, Sertularia lamourousii Deshayes & Milne Edwards, 1836, Sertularia stookeyi Nutting, 1904, Tridentata distans (Lamouroux, 1816) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: (S. stookeyi) Lower California and Ecuador in Santa Elena Bay and Galapagos Islands in Wolf I, Isabela I, North Seymour, San Cristobal (Calder et al., 2003; Fraser, 1938). (T. distans) Galapagos Island in Wolf, Seymour Norte and San Cristobal (Calder et., 2003).

• Calder, D.R. Carlton, J. T., Larson, K., Mallinson, J. J., Choong, H. H. C., Keith, I., & Ruiz, G. M (2019) Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from marine fouling assemblages in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Aquatic Invasions (2019) Volume 14, Issue 1: 21–58
• 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.
• Fraser, C. M. (1938) Hydroids of the 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1938 Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions (pp. 1–152)
• 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.