Galapagos Species Database

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Campanularia hincksii Alder, 1856

Hydroides, Hydroids

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Leptothecata

Suborder
Proboscoida

Family
Campanulariidae

Genus
Campanularia

Species
hincksii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Campanularia alta Stechow, 1919, Campanularia altitheca Fraser, 1948, Campanularia emarginata Fraser, 1938, Campanularia macrotheca Leloup, 1930, Campanularia rara Stechow, 1919 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: North of Hood Island and Galapagos Island Daphne Major (Fraser, 1938). United States,Canada and Galapagos Islands in Dapnhe Minor, Española (Cairns et al., 2002; Calder et al., 2003)

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.
  • 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.
  • Cairns, S.D. Alder, D. R., Brinckmann-Voss, A., Castro, C. B., Fautin, D. G., Pugh, P. R., Mills, C. E., Jaap, W. C., Arai, M. N., & Haddock, S. H. D. (2002) Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Cairns, S. D., Calder, D. R., Brinckmann-Voss, A., Castro, C. B., Fautin, D. G., Pugh, P. R., Mills, C. E., Jaap, W. C., Arai, M. N., & Haddock, S. H. D. (2002). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora.
  • 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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"Galapagos Species Database, Campanularia hincksii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19440. Accessed 13 May 2025.