Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Balella mirabilis
Hydrozoo, Hydrozoa
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: (R. irregularis) Galapagos Island in Santa Cruz and Floreana (Calder et al., 2003).
- 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.