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Hydra

As recorded: Hydra Linnaeus, 1758

Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Anthoathecata › Hydridae

Collected by: J. Brock
Locality: Kekaha prawn ponds
Island: Kauaʻi
Region: United States
Identified by: D. Calder; prev. ID by W.J. CookeD.R. Calder →prev. I.D. by W.J. Cooke →
Record type: Preserved specimen

Hydra observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,580 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.

2026-10-25

Bell Museum, Falcon Heights, MN, US

(c) hf2003, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-16

Botanická zahrada, 128 00 Praha-Praha 2, Česko

(c) berneska, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-14

Sayreville, NJ, USA

(c) Zakqary Roy, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-13

Little Bay, Waikato, NZ

(c) Ross Nightingale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-08

Poppelsdorf, Bonn, Germany

(c) Hannes Dahm, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-02

Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Skåne County, SE

(c) Alec Karcz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Hydra. BPBM 1406. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090230007. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/d/1406.