Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Halecium exiguum
Hydroides, Hydroids
Marchena Island is the type locality for this species (Calder et al., 2003).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Suborder
Conica
Family
Haleciidae
Genus
Halecium
Species
exiguum
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Galveston Bay area, Peru and in The Galapagos Islands in Marchena I (Calder et al., 2003; Defenbaugh & Hopkins, 1973; Fraser C.M., 1938; Fraser, 1948).
- 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. (1939) Distribution of the hydroids in the collections of the Allan Hancock Expeditions. Fraser, M. (1939). Distribution of the hydroids in the collections of the Allan Hancock Expeditions. In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. (Vol. 4, pp. 155–178).
- 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.
- Freaser, McLean (1948) Hydroids of the Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions since March, 1938. Fraser, M. (1948). Hydroids of the Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions since March, 1938. In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. (5th ed., pp. 179–334).
- Defenbaugh, R. E. Hopkins, S. H. (1973) The occurrence and distribution of the hydroids of the Galveston Bay, Texas, area. Defenbaugh, R. E., & Hopkins, S. H. (1973). The occurrence and distribution of the hydroids of the Galveston Bay, Texas, area.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Halecium exiguum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19384. Accessed 26 May 2025.