Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Stenohelia concinna Boschma, 1964

hidrocoral, Lace coral

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Anthoathecata

Suborder
Filifera

Family
Stylasteridae

Genus
Stenohelia

Species
concinna

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Stenohelia robusta Boschma, 1964 (Horton et al., 2021). Holotype: USNM 62716; Paratype: USNM 60202; Type locality: southeast od Española 1° 30' 30"S, 89°35'W (Cairns, 1986).

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Galapagos Islands: southeast od Española (Cairns, 1986). (S. robusta) Galapagos Islands: south of San Cristobal Island (Cairns, 1986).

References

  • 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. (1986) Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 426: 1-42.
  • Cairns, S.D. (1991) New Records of Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 104(2): 209-228.
  • 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, Stenohelia concinna", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9895. Accessed 31 October 2026.