Galapagos Species Database

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Sertularella clausa (Allman, 1888)

Hydroides, Hydroids

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Leptothecata

Family
Sertularellidae

Genus
Sertularella

Species
clausa

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Sertularella argentinica El Beshbeeshy, 2011, Sertularia clausa Allman, 1888 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Peru and Galapagos Islands in Cristobal I (Calder et al., 2003; Fraser, 1938; Fraser, 1948).

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)
  • Freaser, McLean (1948) Hydroids of the Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions since March, 1938. Fraser, M. (1948). Hydroids of the Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions since March, 1938. In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. (5th ed., pp. 179–334).
  • 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, Sertularella clausa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19456. Accessed 31 October 2026.