WoRMS taxon details
Melicertum sensu L. Agassiz, 1862
117152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117152)
accepted
Genus
Melicerta Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (preoccupied by Melicerta Schrank,...)
preoccupied by Melicerta Schrank, 1803 [Rotatoria]
Melicertidium Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Melicertum octocostatum (M. Sars, 1835)
- Species Melicertum ovalis Xu, Huang & Guo, 2019
- Species Melicertum tropicalis Schuchert & Collins, 2024
- Species Melicertum campanulatum (Chamisso, 1821) accepted as Polyorchis penicillatus (Eschscholtz, 1829)
- Species Melicertum georgicum Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Melicertum octocostatum (M. Sars, 1835) (synonym)
- Species Melicertum panocto (Haeckel, 1879) accepted as Melicertissa clavigera Haeckel, 1879 (possible synonym)
- Species Melicertum penicillatum Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Polyorchis penicillatus (Eschscholtz, 1829)
- Species Melicertum campanula (Fabricius, 1780) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminate species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 349 [details]
page(s): 349 [details]
Taxonomy The genus has a complicated taxonomic history, which has not been resolved fully. For more details see Kramp (1919).
Taxonomy The genus has a complicated taxonomic history, which has not been resolved fully. For more details see Kramp (1919).
Synonymy
Melicerta Péron & Lesueur, 1810: 352, preoccupied by Melicerta Schrank, 1803 [Rotatoria].
Melicertum Oken, 1815: VI, invalid, published in a work that was rejected by the ICZN in Opinion 417.
Melicertum Goldfuss, 1820: 124, only included Melicertum perla = Pelagia noctiluca.
Melicertum Eschscholtz, 1829: 106, sensu Melicerta Péron & Lesueur, 1810.
Melicertum L. Agassiz, 1862: 349.
Melicertidium Haeckel, 1879: 137, type species Oceania octocostata M. Sars, 1835 by monotypy
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Synonymy
Melicerta Péron & Lesueur, 1810: 352, preoccupied by Melicerta Schrank, 1803 [Rotatoria].
Melicertum Oken, 1815: VI, invalid, published in a work that was rejected by the ICZN in Opinion 417.
Melicertum Goldfuss, 1820: 124, only included Melicertum perla = Pelagia noctiluca.
Melicertum Eschscholtz, 1829: 106, sensu Melicerta Péron & Lesueur, 1810.
Melicertum L. Agassiz, 1862: 349.
Melicertidium Haeckel, 1879: 137, type species Oceania octocostata M. Sars, 1835 by monotypy
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Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Melicertum sensu L. Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117152 on 2024-11-13
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original description
Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 349 [details]
original description (of Melicerta Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981 [details]
original description (of Melicertidium Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 137 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kramp, P.L., 1919. Medusae. Pt. 1. Leptomedusae. Dan. Ingolf Exped. 5 8: 1-111pls. 1-5, charts 1-14, tabs 1-14, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2041601
page(s): 47; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
page(s): 349 [details]
original description (of Melicerta Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981 [details]
original description (of Melicertidium Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 137 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kramp, P.L., 1919. Medusae. Pt. 1. Leptomedusae. Dan. Ingolf Exped. 5 8: 1-111pls. 1-5, charts 1-14, tabs 1-14, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2041601
page(s): 47; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Melicertidae medusae with eight simple radial canals, four primary and four secondary, all arising centrifugally from manubrium; gonads on radial canals, separated from manubrium; no ocelli. Hydroid phase with the characters of the family. [details]Taxonomy The genus has a complicated taxonomic history, which has not been resolved fully. For more details see Kramp (1919).
Synonymy
Melicerta Péron & Lesueur, 1810: 352, preoccupied by Melicerta Schrank, 1803 [Rotatoria].
Melicertum Oken, 1815: VI, invalid, published in a work that was rejected by the ICZN in Opinion 417.
Melicertum Goldfuss, 1820: 124, only included Melicertum perla = Pelagia noctiluca.
Melicertum Eschscholtz, 1829: 106, sensu Melicerta Péron & Lesueur, 1810.
Melicertum L. Agassiz, 1862: 349.
Melicertidium Haeckel, 1879: 137, type species Oceania octocostata M. Sars, 1835 by monotypy
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