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Mertensia Lesson, 1829

Beroe octoptera, original illustration from Mertens

AphiaID

106341 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106341)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Mertensia groenlandica Lesson, 1829 accepted as Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780) (type by monotypy)

Typetaxon of

Mertensiidae L. Agassiz, 1860

Parent

Mertensiidae L. Agassiz, 1860

Original name

Mertensia Lesson, 1829

Synonymised names

Martensia L. Agassiz, 1860 · unaccepted (synonymy of type species)

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Species Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Mertensia chuni Moser, 1909 accepted as Bathyctena chuni (Moser, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Mertensia cucullus (Modeer, 1790) accepted as Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780) (Synonym)
Species Mertensia groenlandica Lesson, 1829 accepted as Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Lesson's species is almost certainly Mertensia ovum, described from the same region.)
Species Mertensia scoresbyi Lesson, 1829 accepted as Beroe ovum Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Lesson, R.P. (1829). Zoophytes. In: Voyage medical autour du Monde execute par I ordre du Roi sur la Corvette de Sa Majeste la Coquille, pendant les annees 1822. 1823, 1824, et 1825...par M.L.I. Duperey, Capitaine de Fregate, Zoologie,. 2(2), 151 pages, 16 plates. Paris: A. Bertrand., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663133
page(s): 100 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Mertensia Lesson, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106341 on 2024-11-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2011-02-09 12:41:24Z

changed

Mills, Claudia

2023-09-15 11:18:57Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2024-01-03 10:20:43Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

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original description Lesson, R.P. (1829). Zoophytes. In: Voyage medical autour du Monde execute par I ordre du Roi sur la Corvette de Sa Majeste la Coquille, pendant les annees 1822. 1823, 1824, et 1825...par M.L.I. Duperey, Capitaine de Fregate, Zoologie,. 2(2), 151 pages, 16 plates. Paris: A. Bertrand., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663133
page(s): 100 [details]

original description (of Martensia L. Agassiz, 1860) Agassiz, L. (1860). Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. 3 :1-301., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16063102
page(s): 195 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Ctenophora. <em>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.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 122-123. (look up in IMIS) [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 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]