Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Opercularella ramosa
Hydroides, Hydroids
Tagus Cove, Isabela is the type locality of the species (Calder et al., 2003).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Family
Campanulinidae
Genus
Opercularella
Species
ramosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Campanulina ramosa Fraser, 1938 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Galapagos Islands in Isabela I (Tagus Cove), Floreana, Santa Cruz (Indefatigable) (Calder et al., 2003; Fraser, 1938).
- 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, Opercularella ramosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19381. Accessed 31 May 2026.