Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Dynamena dubia Billard, 1922, Salacia cantabrica Garcia-Corrales, Aguirre-Inchaurbe & Gonzalez-Mora, 1981, Salacia dubia (Billard, 1922), Sertularia desmoides Torrey, 1902, Sertularia desmoidis Torrey, 1902, Thuiaria dubia (Billard, 1922) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: (S. desmoides) California, Mexico and Galapagos Islands in Floreana I, Santa Cruz I (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.