Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Kirchenpaueria curvata
Hydroide, Hydroids
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Suborder
Conica
Family
Kirchenpaueriidae
Genus
Kirchenpaueria
Species
curvata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Kirchenpaueria magellanica (Hartlaub, 1905), Plumularia curvata Jäderholm, 1904, Plumularia magellanica Hartlaub, 1905 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
- 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, Kirchenpaueria curvata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19399. Accessed 31 October 2026.