World Register of Deep-Sea species

Deep-Sea taxon details

Ctenophora

AphiaID

1248 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1248)

Classification

Authority

Eschscholtz, 1829

Status

accepted

Rank

Phylum

Parent

Animalia

Direct children (2)

Ordering

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By status

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Class Nuda
Class Tentaculata

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Ctenophora. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1248 on 2026-07-24

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ctenophora. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1248 on 2026-07-24

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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original description Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047 [details]

basis of record Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Liley, R. (1958). Ctenophora. Replaced by sheet no. 146. <i>Fiches d'identification du zooplancton</i>, 82. ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Source Ctenophora not included in Hayward & Ryland (1990); R. Liley (1958) is used as the main source [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
Dutch	ribkwallen	[details]
English	sea gooseberriescomb jellies	[details]
German	Rippenquallen	[details]
Japanese	有櫛動物門	[details]
Swedish	kammaneter	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ctenophora)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ctenophora)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ctenophora)
To ITIS