Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Capitata > Superfamily Corynoidea > Family Cladonematidae > Genus Eleutheria

Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eleutheria*	Quatrefages, 1842	accepted genus name

Literature

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.
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	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.
additional source	Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Museum Victoria Science Reports. 22: 1-121.
redescription	Schuchert, P. (2006). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 1. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 113: 325-410.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842. 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:117531

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9b6147d4-dce6-4eac-bc45-2791061d30fe

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Occurrence

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No data

Environment

marine, not terrestrial

Importance

CITES:
appendix 2 This species is listed on the CITES Appendix II which means it is not necessarily now threatened with extinction but that may become so unless trade is closely controlled. International trade in specimens species may be authorized by the granting of an export permit or re-export certificate.