Galapagos Species Database

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Sertularella conica Allman, 1877

Hydroides, Hydroids

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Leptothecata

Family
Sertularellidae

Genus
Sertularella

Species
conica

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Mexico, Peru, and Galapagos Island in South and east Daphne Major, Daphne Minor (Fraser, 1938) Marchena (Fraser, 1948); United States, Canada (Cairns et al., 2002) and Galapagos Islands in Isabela I, Santiago I (Fraser, 1938). Floreana I, Daphne Major I, Marchena I, Santa Fe I; Calder et al., 2003).

References

  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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 conica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19457. Accessed 31 October 2026.