Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Eudendrium carneum
hidroide, Hidroide, Hydroids
Colonies are bushy and extensively branched, 4 or more cm high, with hydranths at the distal ends.
Found in subtidal regions on rocks. Fraser, 1939 mentioned this species for the vicinity of the Galapagos Islands
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Anthoathecata
Suborder
Filifera
Family
Eudendriidae
Genus
Eudendrium
Species
carneum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Eudendrium cunninghami Kirkpatrick, 1910
Taxon origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: A cosmopolitan species found throughout Galapagos.
- 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.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
- Fraser, C.M. (1939) Distribution of the hydroids in the collections of the Allan Hancock Expeditions. Fraser, M. (1939). Distribution of the hydroids in the collections of the Allan Hancock Expeditions. In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. (Vol. 4, pp. 155–178).