Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Leptothecata > Suborder Campanulinida > Superfamily Lovenelloidea > Family Lovenellidae > Genus Lovenella

Lovenella gracilis Clarke, 1882

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lovenella*	Hincks, 1868	accepted genus name
*Campalecium*	Torrey, 1902	synonym
*Haleciella*	Hadži, 1914	synonym
*Mitrocomium*	Haeckel, 1879	synonym

Literature

original description	Clarke, S. F. 1882. New and interesting hydroids from Chesapeake Bay. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 135-142, pls 7-9.
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	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.
redescription	Miranda, T. P., Ferreira-Cunha, A. & Marques, A. C. 2013. Taxonomic position of Lovenella gracilis (Clarke, 1882)(Lovenellidae, Hydrozoa): new evidences of microanatomy justify its maintenance in the genus Lovenella (Hincks, 1868). Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res., 41(2): 286-295.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lovenella gracilis Clarke, 1882. 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:117737