Galapagos Species Database

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Zygophylax adhaerens (Fraser, 1938)

Hydroides, Hydroids

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Leptothecata

Family
Zygophylacidae

Genus
Zygophylax

Species
adhaerens

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cryptolaria adhaerens (Fraser, 1938), Lictorella abyssicola Stechow, 1926, Lictorella adhaerens Fraser, 1938 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: (L. adhaerens) Anacapa Islands, San Nicolas Islands, Cortes Bank, California and Galapagos Islands in Floreana I, Santa Cruz I (Calder et al., 2003; Fraser, 1938).

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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Zygophylax adhaerens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19427. Accessed 31 October 2026.