Galapagos Species Database

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Balella mirabilis (Nutting, 1906)

Hydrozoo, Hydrozoa

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Anthoathecata

Family
Balellidae

Genus
Balella

Species
mirabilis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Balea irregularis Fraser, 1938, Balea mirabilis Nutting, 1906, Balella irregularis (Fraser, 1938) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: (R. irregularis) Galapagos Island in Santa Cruz and Floreana (Calder et al., 2003).

References

  • 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, Balella mirabilis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19342. Accessed 31 October 2026.