Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Zygophylax cervicornis
Hydroides, Hydroids
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Family
Zygophylacidae
Genus
Zygophylax
Species
cervicornis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Lictorella cervicornis Nutting, 1906 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
Distribution: (L. cervicornis) Galapagos Island in Daphne Minor, Santiago and Santa Fe (Fraser, 1938). SSE of East Point, Santa Rosa Islands, Santa Catalinda Islands, Cedros Islands, Ranger Bank, Cedros Islands, San Benito Islands, WSW of Natividad Islands, Lower Calif., San Jaime Bank, San Lorenzo Channel, Gulf of California and Galapagos Islands in Wolf, Floreana, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Daphne minor, Santa Fe, Española (Calder et al., 2003; Fraser, 1938).
- 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. (1938) Hydroids of the 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1938 Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions (pp. 1–152)
- 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 cervicornis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19430. Accessed 31 October 2026.