MythscribeMundus
THE NATURAL & IMAGINED WORLDAn illustrated compendium
NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD

Eirene menoni Kramp, 1953

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Eirene menoni Kramp, 1953
Name authority
Kramp, 1953
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Family
Eirenidae
Genus
Eirene
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumCnidaria
  4. classHydrozoa Owen, 1843
  5. subclassHydroidolina Collins, 2000
  6. orderLeptothecata Cornelius, 1992
  7. familyEirenidae Haeckel, 1879
  8. genusEirene Eschscholtz, 1829
  9. speciesEirene menoni Kramp, 1953

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eirene. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Eirene averuciformis Du, Xu, Huang & Guo, 2010EirenidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Eirene brevigona Kramp, 1959EirenidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eirene brevistyloides Du, Xu, Huang & Guo, 2010EirenidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Eirene brevistylus Huang & Xu, 1994EirenidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Eirene ceylonensis Browne, 1905EirenidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Eirene elliceana (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902)EirenidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eirene kambara Agassiz & Mayer, 1899EirenidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eirene mollis Torrey, 1909EirenidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eirene parvitentaculata Bouillon, 1984EirenidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eirene pyramidalis (Agassiz, 1862)EirenidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eirene tenuis (Browne, 1905)EirenidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eirene troglodyta Watson, 1998EirenidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 30 records assigned to Eirenidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Kramp, P. L. (1953). Hydromedusae. Scientific Report of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 6. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:38VZ8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.