Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ectopleura integra
hidroide, Hydroids
Colonies forming clumps of flower-like, athecate hydranths with long tube-like stems.
Found in subtidal zones, on firm substrates.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Anthoathecata
Suborder
Capitata
Family
Tubulariidae
Genus
Ectopleura
Species
integra
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Tubularia integra Fraser, 1938 (Horton et al., 2021). Note: Tubularia integra Fraser 1938a: 26, pl. 5, fig. 24.–Calder et al. 2009: 941. Ectopleura integra.–Calder et al. 2003: 1198.–Hickman 2008: 123, three unnumbered figs. –Calder et al. 2009: 941. (Calder, et al., 2021) Type locality: Isla Baltra (South Seymour Island) (Calder et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Found in the tropical and eastern Tropical Eastern Pacific, and widely distributed throughout Galapagos. Baltra I. (South Seymour )of Galapagos Islands and Base Naval of Salinas (Calder et. al., 2021) Galapagos Island and Panama (Calder et al., 2021).
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Calder, D.R. Carlton, J. T., Keith, I., Larson, K., McCann, L., Geller, J., Wheelock, M., Choong, H. H. C., & Ruiz, G. M. (2021) Additions to the hydroids (Cnidaria, hydrozoa) of marine fouling communities on the mainland of ecuador and in the galapagos islands Aquatic Invasions, 16(2), 208–252. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2021.16.2.02
- 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.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
- 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, Ectopleura integra", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7886. Accessed 31 October 2026.