Deep-Sea taxon details
Lensia meteori (Leloup, 1934)
135435 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135435)
accepted
Species
Galetta meteori Leloup, 1934 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Galetta meteori Leloup, 1934) Leloup, E., 1934. Siphonophores de Madras (Indes Anglaises). Bull. Mus. r. Hist. nat. Belg. 10 9: 1-5.
page(s): 15, fig. 6A-D [details] Available for editors
page(s): 15, fig. 6A-D [details] Available for editors
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lensia meteori (Leloup, 1934). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135435 on 2026-06-29
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Lensia meteori (Leloup, 1934). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135435 on 2026-06-29
original description
(of Galetta meteori Leloup, 1934) Leloup, E., 1934. Siphonophores de Madras (Indes Anglaises). Bull. Mus. r. Hist. nat. Belg. 10 9: 1-5.
page(s): 15, fig. 6A-D [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. & Gasca, R. (2009). Siphonophorae (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 395–402. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Totton, A. K. (1954). Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 27: 1-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5611213
page(s): 117, txt fig. 60 [details]
ecology source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868. [details]
page(s): 15, fig. 6A-D [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. & Gasca, R. (2009). Siphonophorae (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 395–402. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Totton, A. K. (1954). Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 27: 1-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5611213
page(s): 117, txt fig. 60 [details]
ecology source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06 [details]Unreviewed
Distribution cosmopolitan, tropical-temperate [details]Habitat epi-mesopelagic [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lensia meteori)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Galetta meteori Leloup, 1934)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Galetta meteori Leloup, 1934)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lensia meteori)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Galetta meteori Leloup, 1934)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Galetta meteori Leloup, 1934)
To ITIS
