Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117428 on 2026-01-10
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West India Docks, London. 8 April 2006. Photographed live in laboratory. Copyright Unicomarine
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - North Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Baltic sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - British Isles
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Den Helder
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Harlingen
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Mediterranean Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Atlantic Europe
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Elbe
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Belt Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - German Bight
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - East North Atlantic
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Polish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - North Atlantic
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Norway
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Alboran Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Arafura Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Banda Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Coral Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - East China Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Bay of Bengal
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Makassar Strait
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - China Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Argentina
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Australian part of the Tasman Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Italy
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Norwegian part of the North Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Uruguay
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Panamanian part of the Caribbean Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Dutch part of the North Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Luxembourg
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Ukraine
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - California
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - United States
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Elkhorn Slough
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - United States part of the Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Norwegian part of the Norwegian Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - United States part of the North Pacific Ocean
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Brazil
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - United Kingdom part of the North Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Chinese part of the South China Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Iraqi part of the Persian Gulf
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Panama
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Spanish part of the North Atlantic Ocean
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Canadian part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Chilean part of the South Pacific Ocean
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Canadian part of the Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Finnish part of the Baltic Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - United Kingdom
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Hawaiian part of the North Pacific Ocean
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Finland
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Irish part of the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Belgian part of the North Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Florida
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Swedish part of the Baltic Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Swedish part of the Kattegat
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Swedish part of the Skagerrak
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Italian part of the Adriatic Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Belgian Coast
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Caspian Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Portuguese part of the North Atlantic Ocean
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Uruguayan part of the South Atlantic Ocean
Distribution for Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) - Danish part of the North Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora albicola Kirchenpauer in Busk, 1861 - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Cordylophora lacustris Allman, 1844 - Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Cordylophora lacustris Allman, 1844 - Elbe
Distribution for Cordylophora lacustris Allman, 1844 - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Cordylophora lacustris Allman, 1844 - Dublin Bay
Distribution for Cordylophora lacustris Allman, 1844 - East Coast of England
Distribution for Cordylophora lacustris Allman, 1844 - Dublin
Distribution for Cordylophora japonica Itô, 1951 - West North Pacific
Distribution for Cordylophora japonica Itô, 1951 - Kochi Prefecture
Distribution for Tubularia cornea Aghardh, 1816 - Baltic Sea
Distribution for Cordylophora americana Leidy, 1870 - Pennsylvania
Distribution for Cordylophora whiteleggi von Lendenfeld, 1887 - Sydney
Distribution for Cordylophora lacustris var. otagoensis Fyfe, 1929 - Otago region
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