Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera > Family Oceaniidae > Genus Turritopsis

Turritopsis nutricula McCrady, 1857

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Turritopsis*	McCrady, 1857	accepted genus name
*Dendroclava*	Weismann, 1883	synonym

Species group names

*Corydendrium nutricula*	(McCrady, 1857)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ベニクラゲ

Literature

original description	McCrady, J., 1857. Description of Oceania (Turritopsis) nutricula nov. spec. and the embryological history of a singular medusan larva, found in the cavity of its bell. Proc. Elliott Soc. nat. Hist. 1 : 55-90.
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
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Calder, D. R. (1988). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions. 148: 1-107.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Museum Victoria Science Reports. 22: 1-121.
additional source	Schuchert P. (1996). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Athecate hydroids and their medusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 106 : 1-159.
additional source	Piraino, S., F. Boero, B. Aeschbach & V. Schmid, 1996. Reversing the life cycle: medusae trasforming into polyps and cell transdifferentiation in Turritopsis nutricula (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Biol. Bull. 190 3: 302-312.
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Schuchert, P. (2004). Revision of the European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): families Oceanidae and Pachycordylidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 111 2: 315-369.
additional source	Brooks W.K. (1886a). The life history of the Hydromedusae. A discussion of the origin of the medusae and the significance of metagenesis. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History. 111: 359-430, plates 27-44.
additional source	Russell, F.S., 1953. The medusae of the British Isles. Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae, Limnomedusae, Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae. : 1-530, pls. 1-35.
additional source	Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. Bolm Inst. Oceanogr. 39(1): 25-60.
additional source	Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre
additional source	Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296
redescription	Brooks, W. K.; Rittenhouse, S. (1907). On Turritopsis nutricula (McCrady). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 429-460, pls 30-35.
identification resource	Schuchert P.; Collins R. (2021). Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 128(2): 237-356.

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Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Turritopsis nutricula McCrady, 1857. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117440