Hydrozoa taxon details
Eucheilota menoni Kramp, 1959
221217 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221217)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kramp, P. L. (1959). Some new and little known Indo-Pacific medusae. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 121: 223-259.
page(s): 248, fig. 14a-b [details] Available for editors
page(s): 248, fig. 14a-b [details] Available for editors
Note Nancowry Harbour, Nicobar Islands
From editor or global species database
Type locality Nancowry Harbour, Nicobar Islands [details]
Status Could be a synonym of Lovenella assimilis
Status Could be a synonym of Lovenella assimilis [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Eucheilota menoni Kramp, 1959. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221217 on 2026-02-20
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original description
Kramp, P. L. (1959). Some new and little known Indo-Pacific medusae. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 121: 223-259.
page(s): 248, fig. 14a-b [details] Available for editors
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
context source (HKRMS) Chen, Q. C. (1982). The marine zooplankton of Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 2: 789-799., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004631434 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s0373-55241991000100003 [details]
additional source Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [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
redescription Schuchert. P. (2017). Systematic notes on some leptomedusa species with a description of Neotima galeai n. spec. (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 124(2): 351-375., available online at https://bioone.org/journalArticle/Download?urlId=10.5281%2Fzenodo.893549
page(s): 366, Fig. 15A-D; note: discussion of validity and relationship to Lovenella assimilis [details]
status source Brylinski, J.-M.; Li, L.-L.; Vansteenbrugge, L.; Antajan, E.; Hoffman, S.; Ginderdeuren, K.; Vincent, D. (2016). Did the Indo-Pacific leptomedusa Lovenella assimilis (Browne, 1905) or Eucheilota menoni Kramp, 1959 invade northern European marine waters? Morphological and genetic approaches. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 11(1): 21-32., available online at http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2016/AI_2016_Brylinski_etal.pdf [details]
page(s): 248, fig. 14a-b [details] Available for editors
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
context source (HKRMS) Chen, Q. C. (1982). The marine zooplankton of Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 2: 789-799., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004631434 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s0373-55241991000100003 [details]
additional source Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [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
redescription Schuchert. P. (2017). Systematic notes on some leptomedusa species with a description of Neotima galeai n. spec. (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 124(2): 351-375., available online at https://bioone.org/journalArticle/Download?urlId=10.5281%2Fzenodo.893549
page(s): 366, Fig. 15A-D; note: discussion of validity and relationship to Lovenella assimilis [details]
status source Brylinski, J.-M.; Li, L.-L.; Vansteenbrugge, L.; Antajan, E.; Hoffman, S.; Ginderdeuren, K.; Vincent, D. (2016). Did the Indo-Pacific leptomedusa Lovenella assimilis (Browne, 1905) or Eucheilota menoni Kramp, 1959 invade northern European marine waters? Morphological and genetic approaches. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 11(1): 21-32., available online at http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2016/AI_2016_Brylinski_etal.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology colonial hydroid, free medusa [details]Introduced species vector dispersal in Spanish part of the Bay of Biscay (Marine Region) : Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]
Status Could be a synonym of Lovenella assimilis [details]
Type locality Nancowry Harbour, Nicobar Islands [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Spanish part of the Bay of Biscay (Marine Region) : Shipping [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eucheilota menoni)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eucheilota menoni)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
