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Errina macrogastra Marenzeller, 1904

Hydrocoral, Lace coral

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Anthoathecata

Suborder
Filifera

Family
Stylasteridae

Genus
Errina

Species
macrogastra

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype: USNM 62714; Type locality: South of San Cristobal 1°03'S, 89°28'W (Cairns, 1986)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands: south of San Cristobal and Southeast of Española (Cairns, 1986).

References

  • Cairns, S.D. (1986) Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 426: 1-42.
  • 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, Errina macrogastra", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19353. Accessed 31 October 2026.