Canadian Register of Marine Species - Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865

Traits taxon details

Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865

Mnemiopsis leidyi

AphiaID

106401 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106401)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mnemiopsis L. Agassiz, 1860

Orig. name

Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865

Synonymised names

Alcinoe rosea Mertens, 1833 · unaccepted

Alcinoe vermicularis Rang, 1828 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Alcinoe vermiculata Rang, 1828 · unaccepted

Mnemiopsis mccradyi Mayer, 1900 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 20-23, figs. 22-24 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106401 on 2024-06-20

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024). Marine Species Traits. Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106401 on 2024-06-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-20 08:42:16Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-01-04 16:28:44Z

changed

van der Land, Jacob

2011-02-09 12:41:24Z

checked

Mills, Claudia

[taxonomic tree]

original description Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 20-23, figs. 22-24 [details]

original description (of Alcinoe rosea Mertens, 1833) Mertens, H. (1833). Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen über die Beroëartigen Akalephen. Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. 6e série, Sciences mathématiques, physiques et naturelles. 479-543. 13 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55630086
page(s): 507, pl. 4, figs. 1-4 [details]

original description (of Alcinoe vermicularis Rang, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). Établissement de la famille des Béroïdes dans l'ordre des acalèphes libres, et description de deux genres nouveaux qui lui appartiennent. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 4: 166-173, pls. 119-120.
page(s): 168-169, pl. 19, figs. 1-4 [details]

original description (of Mnemiopsis mccradyi Mayer, 1900) Mayer, A. G. 1900. Descriptions of new and little-known medusae from the western Atlantic. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard 37: 1-9, plates 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4271637
page(s): 9, pl. 6, figs. 22-23 [details]

original description (of Alcinoe vermiculata Rang, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). Établissement de la famille des Béroïdes dans l'ordre des acalèphes libres, et description de deux genres nouveaux qui lui appartiennent. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 4: 166-173, pls. 119-120.
page(s): 168-169, pl. 19, figs. 1-4 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

context source (Schelde) (2010). Bedreiging voor biodiversiteit. Indicatoren voor het Schelde-estuarium. Opgemaakt in opdracht van Afdeling Maritieme Toegang, projectgroep EcoWaMorSe, Vlaams Nederlandse Scheldecommissie. VLIZ Information Sheets, 200. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 7 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Zooplankton monitoring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea between 2009 and 2010. [details]

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley. 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Ctenophora. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 122-123. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]

additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Savini, D.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A. (2006). Consumption rates and prey preference of the invasive gastropod Rapana venosa in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 153-159. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors

additional source Moss, A. G. 2009. Ctenophora of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 403–411 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet]., available online at http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html [details]

additional source Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. Biological Invasions. 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors

additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]