Description:-

Size: Bell diameter 2.5-4 mm Peduncle very small, narrow. Gonads at the base of peduncle. Tentacles 30-32, short. More or less equal in size, with one statocyst in each.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Habitat:-

Marine

Synonyms:-

Irene ceylonensis Browne,1905, Phortis ceylonensis Mayer, 1919, Eirene ceylonensis Bouillon, 1988

References:-

NAIR, K. K. 1951. Medusae of the Trivandrum Coast. Part I. Systematics. Bulletin of the Research Institute of the University of Travancore 20: 47-75, pl. 1.
Santhakumari, V and Nair, VR (1999) Distribution of hydromedusae from the exclusive economic zone of the west and east coasts of India Indian Journal of Marine Sciences CSIR, New Delhi 28 150-157 Available at - NIO, RC Kochi
Santhakumari, V and Peter, KJ (1993) Relative abundance and diel variation of zooplankton from south west coast of India Journal of the Indian Fisheries Association Indian Fisheries Association 23 73-85 Available at - http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2783
Schuchert, P. (2014). Eirene ceylonensis Browne, 1905. In: Schuchert, P. (2014) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at on 2015-03-11