Lensia multicristata
creator: Mapstone, Gill
creator: Schuchert, Peter
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Lensia multicristata (Moser, 1925)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Lensia multicristata (Moser, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135436 on 2026-08-28
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2013-12-29T13:42:38Z
replaces: 710039
replaces: 135422
replaces: 710046
replaces: 710048
replaces: 287263
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Lensia multicristata (Moser, 1925)
class: Hydrozoa
family: Diphyidae
genus: Lensia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Browne, E. T. (1926). No. III.-Siphonophorae from the Indian Ocean. Collected by Professor Stanley Gardiner in H.M.S. “Sealark.”. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology. 19(1): 55-86.
name published in: Leloup E. (1934a). Siphonophores calycophorides de l'Ocean Atlantique tropical et austral. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 10(6): 1-87.
name published in: Moser, F. (1925). Die Siphonophoren der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 17 (Zoologie Band 9):. 1-541, pls 1-33.
name published in: Patriti, G. (1965). Contribution à l'étude de siphonophores calycophores recueillis dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Note préliminaire 2. Campagne du “Job ha Zélian” (Oct.-Novembre 1964). Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume. 38 (54): 15-31.
name published in: Zhang, J., and Lin, M. 1988. On a new species of deep-water Siphonophora Lensia multicristoides sp. nov. from middle South China Sea. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 7 (1): 115-118.
name published in year: 1926
name published in year: 1934
name published in year: 1925
name published in year: 1965
name published in year: 1988
order: Siphonophorae
parent name usage ID: 135365
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Moser, 1925)
specific epithet: multicristata
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted