WoRMS taxon details
Lensia multicristata (Moser, 1925)
135436 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135436)
accepted
Species
Diphyes bigelowi Browne, 1926 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eudoxia tenuis Patriti, 1965 · unaccepted
Galeolaria multicristata Moser, 1925 · unaccepted (basionym)
Lensia multicristata f. typica Leloup, 1934 · unaccepted
Lensia multicristoides Zhang & Lin, 1988 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Forma Lensia multicristata f. grimaldii Leloup, 1933 accepted as Lensia grimaldii Leloup, 1933 (misidentification)
- Forma Lensia multicristata f. typica Leloup, 1934 accepted as Lensia multicristata (Moser, 1925)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Galeolaria multicristata Moser, 1925) Moser, F. (1925). Die Siphonophoren der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 17 (Zoologie Band 9):.</em> 1-541, pls 1-33.
page(s): 165, pl. 3 fig 9 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 165, pl. 3 fig 9 [details] Available for editors
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Distribution Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06 [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lensia multicristata (Moser, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135436 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eudoxia tenuis Patriti, 1965) Patriti, G. (1965). Contribution à l'étude de siphonophores calycophores recueillis dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Note préliminaire 2. Campagne du “Job ha Zélian” (Oct.-Novembre 1964). <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 38 (54): 15-31. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lensia multicristoides Zhang & Lin, 1988) Zhang, J., and Lin, M. 1988. On a new species of deep-water Siphonophora Lensia multicristoides sp. nov. from middle South China Sea. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 7 (1): 115-118.
page(s): 115, figs 1-2 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Diphyes bigelowi Browne, 1926) Browne, E. T. (1926). No. III.-Siphonophorae from the Indian Ocean. Collected by Professor Stanley Gardiner in H.M.S. “Sealark.”. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology.</em> 19(1): 55-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb00541.x
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Galeolaria multicristata Moser, 1925) Moser, F. (1925). Die Siphonophoren der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 17 (Zoologie Band 9):.</em> 1-541, pls 1-33.
page(s): 165, pl. 3 fig 9 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lensia multicristata f. typica Leloup, 1934) Leloup E. (1934a). Siphonophores calycophorides de l'Ocean Atlantique tropical et austral. <em>Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 10(6): 1-87.
page(s): 34, fig. 8 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Mapstone, G.M. (2001). Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) 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. 120-122. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Totton A.K. (1932). Siphonophora. <em>Scientific Reports. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928 1929.</em> 4: 317 - 374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49516977
page(s): 364 [details]
[request]original description (of Lensia multicristoides Zhang & Lin, 1988) Zhang, J., and Lin, M. 1988. On a new species of deep-water Siphonophora Lensia multicristoides sp. nov. from middle South China Sea. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 7 (1): 115-118.
page(s): 115, figs 1-2 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Diphyes bigelowi Browne, 1926) Browne, E. T. (1926). No. III.-Siphonophorae from the Indian Ocean. Collected by Professor Stanley Gardiner in H.M.S. “Sealark.”. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology.</em> 19(1): 55-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb00541.x
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Galeolaria multicristata Moser, 1925) Moser, F. (1925). Die Siphonophoren der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 17 (Zoologie Band 9):.</em> 1-541, pls 1-33.
page(s): 165, pl. 3 fig 9 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lensia multicristata f. typica Leloup, 1934) Leloup E. (1934a). Siphonophores calycophorides de l'Ocean Atlantique tropical et austral. <em>Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 10(6): 1-87.
page(s): 34, fig. 8 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Mapstone, G.M. (2001). Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) 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. 120-122. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Totton A.K. (1932). Siphonophora. <em>Scientific Reports. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928 1929.</em> 4: 317 - 374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49516977
page(s): 364 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Luo, J.; Grassian, B.; Tang, D.; Irisson, J.; Greer, A.; Guigand, C.; McClatchie, S.; Cowen, R. (2014). Environmental drivers of the fine-scale distribution of a gelatinous zooplankton community across a mesoscale front. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 510: 129-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10908 [details]
ecology source Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p [details]
ecology source Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Totton, A. K. 1936. Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions. VII. Siphonophora taken during the year 1931. Zoologica (N. Y.) 21 (4): 231-240. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51096617 [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 [request]
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 [request]
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 Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p
page(s): 194-199, fig. 50A-D [details]
context source (Bermuda) Totton, A. K. 1936. Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions. VII. Siphonophora taken during the year 1931. Zoologica (N. Y.) 21 (4): 231-240. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51096617 [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
[request]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
[request]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 Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p
page(s): 194-199, fig. 50A-D [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio 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 [details]Habitat mainly epipelagic, wide depth range [details]
Habitat Bathypelagic [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lensia multicristata)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Galeolaria multicristata Moser, 1925)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Eudoxia tenuis Patriti, 1965)
To PESI
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lensia multicristata)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Galeolaria multicristata Moser, 1925)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Eudoxia tenuis Patriti, 1965)
To PESI
To ITIS
