Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sertularella ampullacea
hidroide, Hydroids
Hydroids are tiny, less than 1 cm high, with hydrothecae elongate, oval, and with wavy walls.
Found in subtidal and semicrypric habitats in the central Galapagos archipelago.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Suborder
Conica
Family
Sertularellidae
Genus
Sertularella
Species
ampullacea
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Found in the eastern Pacific from the Gulf of California to Columbia, including the central Bioregion of Galapagos. Panama and Galapagos Island (Fraser, 1938).
- 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. 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)
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sertularella ampullacea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7938. Accessed 31 October 2026.