''Lovenella'' is a genus of
cnidaria
Cnidaria ( ) is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species of aquatic invertebrates found both in fresh water, freshwater and marine environments (predominantly the latter), including jellyfish, hydroid (zoology), hydroids, ...
ns belonging to the family
Lovenellidae
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Lovenellidae is a family of hydrozoans. Their hydroids live together in upright stolonal or sympodial colonies, and their gonophores are pedunculate free-roaming medusae.Schuchert (2005) The relationships of this fairly small but di ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
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Lovenella annae''
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Lovenella assimilis''
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Lovenella bermudensis''
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Lovenella chiquita''
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Lovenella clausa''
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Lovenella corrugata''
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Lovenella gracilis''
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Lovenella grandis''
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Lovenella haichangensis''
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Lovenella macrogona''
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Lovenella nodosa''
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Lovenella polyconcretus''
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Lovenella rugosa''
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Lovenella sinuosa''
References
Lovenellidae
Hydrozoan genera
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