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Cryptolaria pectinata (Allman, 1888)

Hidrozoo, Hydrozoa

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Leptothecata

Family
Zygophylacidae

Genus
Cryptolaria

Species
pectinata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Eucryptolaria pinnata Fraser, 1938, Perisiphonia pectinata Allman, 1888, Zygophylax rigida (Fraser, 1948) (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: (E. pinnata) Galapagos Islands in Dapnhe Menor (Calder et al., 2003; Fraser, 1938).

References

  • Fraser, C. M. (1938) Hydroids of the 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1938 Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions (pp. 1–152)
  • 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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