Galapagos Species Database

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Plumularia setacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hydroide, Hydroids

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Leptothecata

Suborder
Conica

Family
Plumulariidae

Genus
Plumularia

Species
setacea

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Plumularia corrugata Nutting, 1900, Plumularia diploptera Totton, 1930, Plumularia milleri Nutting, 1906, Plumularia palmeri Nutting, 1900, Polyplumularia setacea, Sertularia setacea Linnaeus, 1758 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: (P. corrugata) United States, Canada (Cairns et al., 2002) and Galapagos Islands in Isabela I (Fraser, 1948); Daphne Minor, Isabela (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.
  • 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).
  • Cairns, S.D. Alder, D. R., Brinckmann-Voss, A., Castro, C. B., Fautin, D. G., Pugh, P. R., Mills, C. E., Jaap, W. C., Arai, M. N., & Haddock, S. H. D. (2002) Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Cairns, S. D., Calder, D. R., Brinckmann-Voss, A., Castro, C. B., Fautin, D. G., Pugh, P. R., Mills, C. E., Jaap, W. C., Arai, M. N., & Haddock, S. H. D. (2002). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora.
  • Fraser, C. M. (1938) Hydroids of the 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1938 Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions (pp. 1–152)

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"Galapagos Species Database, Plumularia setacea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19394. Accessed 22 May 2025.