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Ovate beroid

Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789

Status not recordedother invertebrates

The ovate beroid (Beroe ovata) is a species in the family Beroidae, order Beroida.

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Quick facts about the ovate beroid

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ovate beroid live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the ovate beroid as introduced in 13 countries, and flagged as invasive in 3 of them.

  1. Denmarkinvasive
  2. Romaniainvasive
  3. Ukraineinvasive
  4. Bulgaria
  5. Georgia
  6. Greece
  7. Iran
  8. Israel
  9. Moldova
  10. Russia
  11. Slovenia
  12. Türkiye
  13. Turkmenistan

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the ovate beroid endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the ovate beroid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumCtenophora
  3. classNuda
  4. orderBeroida
  5. familyBeroidae
  6. genusBeroe
  7. SpeciesBeroe ovata Bruguière, 1789

Synonyms Beroe albens, Beroe capensis, Beroe clarkii, Beroe gilva, Beroe ovale, Beroe ovata, Beroe ovatus, Beroe punctata, Idya mertensii, Idyiopsis affinis, Idyiopsis clarkii

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Flattened helmet comb jellyEnglish
  • Ovate comb jellyEnglish
  • MelongopleDanish
  • Mittelmeer-GurkenqualleGerman
  • Amerikansk melongopleDanish
  • Østamerikansk melongopleDanish
  • Mittelmeer-MelonenqualleGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ovate beroid

Other species in the same genus Beroe.

Beroe

Beroe cucumis

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Sea mitre

Beroe mitrata

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the ovate beroid an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the ovate beroid as invasive in 3 countries: Denmark, Romania and Ukraine. It lists it as introduced in 13 in all.

What kind of animal is the ovate beroid?

The ovate beroid (Beroe ovata) belongs to the family Beroidae in the order Beroida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ovate beroid (Beroe ovata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ovate-beroid

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BibTeX
@misc{ovate_beroid_2026,
  title = {Ovate beroid (Beroe ovata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ovate-beroid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}