Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae > Suborder Calycophorae > Family Diphyidae > Subfamily Diphyinae

Lensia Totton, 1932

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Lensia achilles Totton, 1941
Lensia campanella (Moser, 1917)
Lensia conoidea (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)
Lensia cossack Totton, 1941
Lensia exeter Totton, 1941
Lensia fowleri (Bigelow, 1911)
Lensia grimaldii Leloup, 1933
Lensia havock Totton, 1941
Lensia hostile Totton, 1941
Lensia hotspur Totton, 1941
Lensia lelouveteau Totton, 1941
Lensia meteori (Leloup, 1934)
Lensia multicristata (Moser, 1925)
Lensia patritii Alekseev, 1984
Lensia subtilis (Chun, 1886)
Lensia subtiloides (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: コフタツクラゲ属

Literature

original description	Totton A.K. (1932). Siphonophora. Scientific Reports. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928 1929. 4: 317 - 374.
redescription	Nishiyama, E. Y.; Ribeiro, G. C.; Oliveira, O. M. P. (2016). Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Lensia (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Siphonophora), based on the species morphology. Zootaxa. 4132(4): 493.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lensia Totton, 1932. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135365