Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Zygophylax cervicornis (Nutting, 1906)

Hydroides, Hydroids

Taxonomy

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

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).

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. (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.