MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Lovenellidae Russell, 1953

ERMS taxon details

Lovenellidae Russell, 1953

Family Lovenellidae, typical medusa

AphiaID

1611 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1611)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Leptothecata

Original name

Lovenellidae Russell, 1953

Synonymised names

Eucheilotidae Bouillon, 1984 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Genus Eucheilota McCrady, 1859
Genus Hydranthea Hincks, 1868
Genus Lovenella Hincks, 1868
Genus Campalecium Torrey, 1902 accepted as Mitrocomium Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Lovenella Hincks, 1868 (synonym)
Genus Haleciella Hadži, 1914 accepted as Campalecium Torrey, 1902 accepted as Mitrocomium Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Lovenella Hincks, 1868 (possible synonym)
Genus Mitrocomium Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Lovenella Hincks, 1868

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Russell, F.S., 1953. The medusae of the British Isles. Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae, Limnomedusae, Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae. : 1-530, pls. 1-35. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lovenellidae Russell, 1953. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=1611 on 2026-07-01

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Lovenellidae Russell, 1953. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1611 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2011-03-11 07:10:22Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2013-05-21 11:03:14Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2015-11-25 07:33:32Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Russell, F.S., 1953. The medusae of the British Isles. Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae, Limnomedusae, Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae. : 1-530, pls. 1-35. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Eucheilotidae Bouillon, 1984) Bouillon, J., 1984a. Révision de la famille des Phialuciidae (Kramp, 1955) (Leptomedusae, Hydrozoa, Cnidaria), avec un essai de classification des Thecatae-Leptomedusae Indo-Malayan Zool. 1 1: 1-24.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in RoR) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Family Lovenellidae, typical medusa