WoRMS name details
Beroe santonum Lesson, 1843
1697594 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1697594)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
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): 122 [details]
page(s): 122 [details]
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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): 122 [details]
page(s): 122 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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): 208; note: "Beroe Santonum Less., which is probably identical with PI. Pileus. Lesson refers these three species to the true Beroids, but they unquestionably belong to the genus Pleurobrachia: the tentacles must...
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page(s): 208; note: "Beroe Santonum Less., which is probably identical with PI. Pileus. Lesson refers these three species to the true Beroids, but they unquestionably belong to the genus Pleurobrachia: the tentacles must...
"Beroe Santonum Less., which is probably identical with PI. Pileus. Lesson refers these three species to the true Beroids, but they unquestionably belong to the genus Pleurobrachia: the tentacles must have been overlooked"
