Hippopodina tahitiensis is widely distributed in tropical waters. This includes Tahiti, the Great Barrier reef, northwest Australia, Singapore, Vanuatu, Colombia
Synonym: Hippopodina viriosa Tilbrook 1999. (PDF copy)
Original description: Hippopetraliella tahitiensis Leca & d'Hondt, 1993
Locality: Tahiti
Type Specimen:
Description from Tilbrook, Hayward & Gordon, 2001 (As Hippopodina viriosa). (PDF file)