WoRMS taxon details
Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
117531 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117531)
accepted
Species
Clavatella prolifera Hincks, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria anisonema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria cnidobdella Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria dichobdella Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria dichocnida Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria dichotoma anisonema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
Eleutheria dichotoma cnidobdella Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
Eleutheria dichotoma dichobdella Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
Eleutheria dichotoma dichocnida Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
Eleutheria dichotoma heptanema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
Eleutheria dichotoma heteroclada Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
Eleutheria dichotoma hexanema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
Eleutheria dichotoma octonema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
Eleutheria dichotoma pentanema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
Eleutheria dichotoma tetranema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
Eleutheria gemmipara Du Plessis, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria heptanema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria heteroclada Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria hexanema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria krohni Krumbach, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Eleutheria octonema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria pentanema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria prolifera (Hincks, 1861) · unaccepted (polyp stage)
Eleutheria tetranema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Herpusa ulvae O. Schmidt, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma anisonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria anisonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
- Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma cnidobdella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria cnidobdella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
- Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma dichobdella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichobdella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
- Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma dichocnida Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichocnida Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
- Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma diplonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria diplonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria claparedii Hartlaub, 1889
- Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma heptanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria heptanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
- Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma heteroclada Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria heteroclada Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
- Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma heteronema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria heteronema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria claparedii Hartlaub, 1889
- Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma hexanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria hexanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
- Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma octonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria octonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
- Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma pentanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria pentanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
- Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma tetranema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria tetranema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
marine, terrestrial
De Quatrefages, A. 1842a. Mémoire sur l'Eleutherie dichotome (Eleutheria dichotoma nob.), nouveau genre de Rayonnés, voisin des Hydres. Annales des Sciences naturelles (2)18: 270-288., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405478
page(s): 270 [details]
page(s): 270 [details]
Type locality contained in Chausey Isles
type locality contained in Chausey Isles [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117531 on 2024-11-21
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original description
De Quatrefages, A. 1842a. Mémoire sur l'Eleutherie dichotome (Eleutheria dichotoma nob.), nouveau genre de Rayonnés, voisin des Hydres. Annales des Sciences naturelles (2)18: 270-288., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13405478
page(s): 270 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria hexanema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichocnida Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria cnidobdella Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Clavatella prolifera Hincks, 1861) Hincks, Th., 1861. On Clavatella, a new genus of corynoid polypes, and its reproduction. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. -37 : 73-81.
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma tetranema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma pentanema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma hexanema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma anisonema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma heptanema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma octonema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma dichocnida Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma cnidobdella Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma dichobdella Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma heteroclada Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria krohni Krumbach, 1907) Krumbach, T., 1907. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meduse Eleutheria (Clavatella) aus dem Golfe von Triest. Druck von Wihl. Gottl. Korn, Breslau 1907 : 1-48.
page(s): 1-47, medusa [details]
original description (of Eleutheria gemmipara Du Plessis, 1909) Du Plessis, G., 1909. Note sur l'élevage des Eleutheries de la Méditerranée au moyen de l'isolement. Revue suisse Zool. 17 : 371-377.
page(s): 376 [details]
original description (of Herpusa ulvae O. Schmidt, 1869) Schmidt, O., 1869. Leben der Krebse, Würmer und ungegliederte Wirbellosen Thiere. In: A.E. Brehm, Illustriertes Thierleben 6 2
page(s): 993, fig'd [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 26, fig. 31; note:
Ecology -- abundant as a crawling medusa in intertidal habitats in south-eastern Australia, especially on the leafy green alga Enteromorpha australis (previously known as Ulva australis). Distr...
Ecology -- abundant as a crawling medusa in intertidal habitats in south-eastern Australia, especially on the leafy green alga Enteromorpha australis (previously known as Ulva australis). Distribution -- widespread in European waters and now common in south-eastern Australia.
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redescription Schuchert, P. (2006). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 1. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 113: 325-410., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41227513
page(s): 381 [details]
page(s): 270 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria hexanema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichocnida Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria cnidobdella Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Clavatella prolifera Hincks, 1861) Hincks, Th., 1861. On Clavatella, a new genus of corynoid polypes, and its reproduction. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. -37 : 73-81.
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma tetranema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma pentanema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma hexanema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma anisonema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma heptanema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma octonema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma dichocnida Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma cnidobdella Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma dichobdella Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma heteroclada Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Eleutheria krohni Krumbach, 1907) Krumbach, T., 1907. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meduse Eleutheria (Clavatella) aus dem Golfe von Triest. Druck von Wihl. Gottl. Korn, Breslau 1907 : 1-48.
page(s): 1-47, medusa [details]
original description (of Eleutheria gemmipara Du Plessis, 1909) Du Plessis, G., 1909. Note sur l'élevage des Eleutheries de la Méditerranée au moyen de l'isolement. Revue suisse Zool. 17 : 371-377.
page(s): 376 [details]
original description (of Herpusa ulvae O. Schmidt, 1869) Schmidt, O., 1869. Leben der Krebse, Würmer und ungegliederte Wirbellosen Thiere. In: A.E. Brehm, Illustriertes Thierleben 6 2
page(s): 993, fig'd [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22
page(s): 26, fig. 31; note:
Ecology -- abundant as a crawling medusa in intertidal habitats in south-eastern Australia, especially on the leafy green alga Enteromorpha australis (previously known as Ulva australis). Distr...
Ecology -- abundant as a crawling medusa in intertidal habitats in south-eastern Australia, especially on the leafy green alga Enteromorpha australis (previously known as Ulva australis). Distribution -- widespread in European waters and now common in south-eastern Australia.
[request]redescription Schuchert, P. (2006). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 1. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 113: 325-410., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41227513
page(s): 381 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type MHNG INVE-34228, geounit French Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Eleutheria medusa with brood-chamber, medusae buds outside on bell rim or exumbrella, normally six tentacles, tentacles bifurcated once in middle,trunk and branches of about the same length, often hermaphroditic, nettle ring thick. [details]Unreviewed
Biology colonial, medusae [details]Habitat coastal [details]
