WoRMS name details
Medea arctica Lesson, 1843
1697374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1697374)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Medea Eschscholtz, 1825 accepted as Beroe O.F. Müller, 1776
marine
Lesson, R. P. 1843. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes. Acalèphes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. pp. i-vii, 1-596, plus atlas of 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3803187
page(s): 136; note: Introduced in Lesson, 1836 under the colloquial Ocyroe arctique [details]
page(s): 136; note: Introduced in Lesson, 1836 under the colloquial Ocyroe arctique [details]
Note Mer-Verte transparente par 75°45’ dé lat....
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Type locality Mer-Verte transparente par 75°45’ dé lat. Nord ét 8 de long[details]
Nomenclature Introduced in the collquial only, as Ocyroe arctique in Lesson, 1836
Nomenclature Introduced in the collquial only, as Ocyroe arctique in Lesson, 1836 [details]
WoRMS (2026). Medea arctica Lesson, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1697374 on 2026-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Lesson, R. P. 1843. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes. Acalèphes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. pp. i-vii, 1-596, plus atlas of 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3803187
page(s): 136; note: Introduced in Lesson, 1836 under the colloquial Ocyroe arctique [details]
page(s): 136; note: Introduced in Lesson, 1836 under the colloquial Ocyroe arctique [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Chun, C. (1898). Die Ctenophoren der Plankton-expedition. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung, Lipsius & Tischer. 2. K. a.</em> 1-30, pls. I-III.
page(s): 26 [details]
page(s): 26 [details]
