''Lovenella'' is a genus of
cnidaria
Cnidaria () is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species of aquatic animals found both in freshwater and marine environments, predominantly the latter.
Their distinguishing feature is cnidocytes, specialized cells that th ...
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 d ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
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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