Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Lafoea capillaris G.O. Sars, 1874, Lafoea cornuta Lamouroux, 1821, Lafoea fructicosa (M. Sars, 1851), Lafoea fruticosa (Sars, 1851), Lafoea gracillima (Alder, 1856), Lafoea intermedia Fraser, 1938, Lafoea pocillum Hincks, 1868, Lafoea tenellula, Lictorella flexilis Pictet & Bedot, 1900, Sertularia dumosa Fleming, 1820 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: (L. intermedia) South of San Miguel Islands, South of Crook Point, West of Anacapa Islands, SE Catalina Islands, San Nicolas Islands, Tanner Bank, Cedros Island, Lower Calif., SSW of Natividad Islands, North if Isla Partida and Galapagos Islands in Wolf,Santiago I, Isabela I, Floreana I, Santa Cruz I, Daphne Minor (Calder et al., 2003; Fraser C.M., 1938)

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• 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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• 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.