Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Crypthelia lacunosa
Hydrocoral, Lace coral
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Anthoathecata
Suborder
Filifera
Family
Stylasteridae
Genus
Crypthelia
Species
lacunosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: USNM 72105; Paratype: USNM 45684; Type locality: northeast of Santa Cruz 00° 29'S, 89 ° 54'30" W (Cairns, 1986)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos Islands: northeast of Santa Cruz (Cairns, 1986)
- 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.
- Cairns, S.D. (1991) New Records of Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 104(2): 209-228.
- Cairns, S.D. (1986) Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 426: 1-42.
- 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, Crypthelia lacunosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9182. Accessed 31 October 2026.