Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Stenohelia concinna
hidrocoral, Lace coral
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
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).
- 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.