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Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842

Eleutheria dichotoma, medusa, ca. 1.5 mm, Roscoff, France
Eleutheria dichotoma, medusa, ca. 1.5 mm, Roscoff, France

117531  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117531)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Anthoathecata (Order)
  8. Capitata (Suborder)
  9. Cladonematidae (Family)
  10. Eleutheria (Genus)
  11. Eleutheria dichotoma (Species)
accepted
Species
Clavatella prolifera Hincks, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Eleutheria anisonema Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria cnidobdella Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria dichobdella Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleutheria dichocnida Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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)

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  1. Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma anisonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria anisonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
  2. Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma cnidobdella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria cnidobdella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
  3. Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma dichobdella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichobdella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
  4. Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma dichocnida Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichocnida Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
  5. Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma diplonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria diplonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria claparedii Hartlaub, 1889 (not in use)
  6. Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma heptanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria heptanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
  7. Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma heteroclada Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria heteroclada Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
  8. Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma heteronema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria heteronema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria claparedii Hartlaub, 1889 (not in use)
  9. Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma hexanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria hexanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
  10. Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma octonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria octonema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
  11. Subspecies Eleutheria dichotoma pentanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria pentanema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842
  12. 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] 
Type locality contained in Chausey Isles  
type locality contained in Chausey Isles [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). 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 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature

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. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 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. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 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. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 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, pls 7-; note: polyp & medusa [details] 

original description (of Eleutheria dichotoma tetranema Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 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. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 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. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 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. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 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. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 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. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 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. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 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. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 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. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 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. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 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] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Schuchert, P. (2006). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 1. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 113: 325-410.
page(s): 381, figs 19A-C, 20 [details] OpenAccess publication

redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.
page(s): 118, fig. 109 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Museum Victoria Science Reports. 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.
[details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Polygons
 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]
    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) (from synonym Clavatella prolifera Hincks, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleutheria dichotoma) 
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 11 proteins) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Eleutheria dichotoma, medusa, ca. 1.5 mm, Roscoff, France
Eleutheria dichotoma, medusa, ca. 1.5 mm, Roscoff, France
Eleutheria dichotoma , polyp with medusa buds, ca. 1 mm high, Roscoff, France
Eleutheria dichotoma , polyp with medusa buds, ca. 1 mm high, Roscoff, France
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