WoRMS name details
Laomedea geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
152117 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152117)
unaccepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sertularia geniculata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution This is a cosmopolite species; abundant on Laminarians. As these rarely occur on the Belgian coast, L. geniculata is...
Distribution This is a cosmopolite species; abundant on Laminarians. As these rarely occur on the Belgian coast, L. geniculata is observed on the immerging parts of breakwaters, mainly on the bryozoan genera Flustra and Alcyonidium, and on the stems of the Sertularian hydrozoans. In some cases (not reported for Belgium), this species is observed attached at fishes, isopods etc. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Laomedea geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152117 on 2026-06-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sertularia geniculata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Leloup, E. (1931). Un cas d'épibiose de l'hydropolype, <i>Laomedea geniculata</i> (Linné) [A case of epibiosis of the hydropolyp, <i>Laomedea geniculata</i> (Linneaus)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 7(24)</i>: 1-3 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]basis of record Leloup, E. (1931). Un cas d'épibiose de l'hydropolype, <i>Laomedea geniculata</i> (Linné) [A case of epibiosis of the hydropolyp, <i>Laomedea geniculata</i> (Linneaus)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 7(24)</i>: 1-3 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Bromley; Bleakney. (1977). [details]
additional source Bromley; Bleakney. (1977). [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution This is a cosmopolite species; abundant on Laminarians. As these rarely occur on the Belgian coast, L. geniculata is observed on the immerging parts of breakwaters, mainly on the bryozoan genera Flustra and Alcyonidium, and on the stems of the Sertularian hydrozoans. In some cases (not reported for Belgium), this species is observed attached at fishes, isopods etc. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Dutch | geknoopte zeedraad | [details] |
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