Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Clytia kincaidi
Hydroides, Hydroids
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Suborder
Proboscoida
Family
Campanulariidae
Genus
Clytia
Species
kincaidi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Campanularia kincaidi Nutting, 1899, Phialidium kincaidi (Nutting, 1899) (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Lower Califronia and Galapagos Islands in Wolf I, Isabela (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. (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.
You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.
This page should be cited as follows:
"Galapagos Species Database, Clytia kincaidi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19446. Accessed 31 October 2026.