Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Trachylinae > Order Limnomedusae > Family Monobrachiidae > Genus Monobrachium

Monobrachium parasitum Mereschkowsky, 1877

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Monobrachium*	Mereschkowsky, 1877	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カタテニンギョウ

Literature

original description	Mereschkowsky, C. 1877. On a new genus of hydroids from the White Sea with a short description of other new hydroids. Annals and Magazine of natural History (4) 20: 220-229, pls 5-6
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Monobrachium parasitum Mereschkowsky, 1877. 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:117773