Hydrozoa taxon details
Lovenella assimilis (Browne, 1905)
221220 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221220)
accepted
Species
Mitrocomium assimile Browne, 1905 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mitrocomium assimile Browne, 1905) Browne, E. T. (1905). Report on the medusae (Hydromedusae, Scyphomedusae and Ctenophora) collected by Prof. Herdman at Ceylon in 1902. <em>In: Rep. Government of Ceylon on Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 132-166, pls 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935982
page(s): 137, pl. 1 fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 137, pl. 1 fig. 3 [details]
Note Cheval Paar Bank, Ceylon.
Type locality Cheval Paar Bank, Ceylon. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lovenella assimilis (Browne, 1905). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221220 on 2026-03-27
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(of Mitrocomium assimile Browne, 1905) Browne, E. T. (1905). Report on the medusae (Hydromedusae, Scyphomedusae and Ctenophora) collected by Prof. Herdman at Ceylon in 1902. <em>In: Rep. Government of Ceylon on Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 132-166, pls 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935982
page(s): 137, pl. 1 fig. 3 [details]
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
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): 137, pl. 1 fig. 3 [details]
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
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
Type locality Cheval Paar Bank, Ceylon. [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mitrocomium assimile Browne, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lovenella assimilis)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Mitrocomium assimile Browne, 1905)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mitrocomium assimile Browne, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lovenella assimilis)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Mitrocomium assimile Browne, 1905)
To ITIS