Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Amalthaea amoebigera Hackel, 1879, Corydendrium splendidum Boone, 1938, Eucoryne elegans Leidy, 1855, Euphysa globator Leuckart, 1856, Globiceps tiarella Ayres, 1854, Halocordyle cooperi Warren, 1906, Halocordyle disticha (Goldfuss, 1820), Halocordyle disticha var. australis, Halocordyle fragilis Vannucci, 1951, Pennaria adamsia von Lendenfeld, 1885, Pennaria australis Bale, 1884, Pennaria caulini Delle Chiaje, 1841, Pennaria gibbosa L. Agassiz, 1860, Pennaria inornata Brooks, 1883, Pennaria pacifica Clarke, 1907, Pennaria rosea von Lendenfeld, 1885, Pennaria symmetrica Clarke, 1879, Pennaria tiarella (Ayres, 1854) (Horton et al., 2021). Type locality: Italy; Gulf of Naples (Calder et al., 2021).

Taxon origin: Cryptogenic

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Dispersal propagule: Cascos de barcos

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

Distribution: (P. tiarella) Panama, Ecuador in Santa Elena, Esmeraldas and Galapagos Islands in Wolf I, Floreana (Post Office) Bay (Fraser, 1938). Native: Western Atlantic. Introduced: Hawaii, New Zealand, Galapagos and East Coast USA.(Calder et al., 2003). Mexico, Bahía Santa Elena and Galapagos Island (Calder et al., 2021).

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• Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
• Banks, S. Vera, M. & Chiriboga, A. (2009) Establishing Reference Points to Assess Long-Term Change in Zooxanthellate Coral Communities of the Northern Galapagos Coral Reefs. J. Sci. Conserv. in the Galapagos Islands, p. 43-64.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• Fraser, C. M. (1938) Hydroids of the 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1938 Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions (pp. 1–152)

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