WoRMS taxon details
Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780)
106377 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106377)
accepted
Species
Beroe compressa Mertens, 1833 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Beroe cucullus Modeer, 1790 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Beroe octoptera Mertens, 1833 · unaccepted
Beroe ovum Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted
Callianira compressa (Mertens, 1833) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cydippe ovum (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted
Euplokamis octoptera (Mertens, 1833) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Martensia octoptera (Mertens, 1833) · unaccepted
Mertensia cucullus (Modeer, 1790) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Mertensia groenlandica Lesson, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Lesson's species is almost...)
Lesson's species is almost certainly Mertensia ovum, described from the same region.
Mertensia scoresbyi Lesson, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Beroe ovum Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 362 [details]
page(s): 362 [details]
Distribution Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy
Distribution Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy [details]
Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106377 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Beroe ovum Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 362 [details]
original description (of Beroe octoptera Mertens, 1833) Mertens, H. (1833). Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen über die Beroëartigen Akalephen. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. 6e série, Sciences mathématiques, physiques et naturelles.</em> 479-543. 13 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55630086
page(s): 528-530, pl. 1, figs. 1-4 [details]
original description (of Beroe compressa Mertens, 1833) Mertens, H. (1833). Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen über die Beroëartigen Akalephen. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. 6e série, Sciences mathématiques, physiques et naturelles.</em> 479-543. 13 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55630086
page(s): 525-528, pl. 9 figs. 1-4 [details]
original description (of Mertensia groenlandica Lesson, 1829) 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 Mertensia scoresbyi Lesson, 1829) Lesson, R.P., 1836. Mémoire sur la famille des Beroïdes (Beroidae Less.). Annls Sci. nat. -25 : 235-266.
page(s): 254, pl. 2, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Beroe cucullus Modeer, 1790) Modeer, A. (1790). Slägtet Klockmask, Beroe: närmare uplyft och stadgadt. <em>Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 11: 33-49.</em>
page(s): 42-43 [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]
page(s): 362 [details]
original description (of Beroe octoptera Mertens, 1833) Mertens, H. (1833). Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen über die Beroëartigen Akalephen. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. 6e série, Sciences mathématiques, physiques et naturelles.</em> 479-543. 13 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55630086
page(s): 528-530, pl. 1, figs. 1-4 [details]
original description (of Beroe compressa Mertens, 1833) Mertens, H. (1833). Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen über die Beroëartigen Akalephen. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. 6e série, Sciences mathématiques, physiques et naturelles.</em> 479-543. 13 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55630086
page(s): 525-528, pl. 9 figs. 1-4 [details]
original description (of Mertensia groenlandica Lesson, 1829) 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 Mertensia scoresbyi Lesson, 1829) Lesson, R.P., 1836. Mémoire sur la famille des Beroïdes (Beroidae Less.). Annls Sci. nat. -25 : 235-266.
page(s): 254, pl. 2, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Beroe cucullus Modeer, 1790) Modeer, A. (1790). Slägtet Klockmask, Beroe: närmare uplyft och stadgadt. <em>Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 11: 33-49.</em>
page(s): 42-43 [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]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [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 Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [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 Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet predaceous on fish fry, copepods, and other small organisms of zooplankton [details]Distribution Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy [details]
Habitat pelagic [details]
Importance ecological importance in reducing the number of fish fry, copepods, and other small organisms of the zooplankton (form swarms) [details]
Reproduction hermaphroditic, fertilization is external [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sea nutArctic sea gooseberry | [details] |
| German | Seenuss | [details] |
| Japanese | トガリテマリクラゲ | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | arktiskammanet | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | arktiskammanet | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Mertensia cucullus (Modeer, 1790))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Callianira compressa (Mertens, 1833))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mertensia ovum)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Beroe ovum Fabricius, 1780)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Mertensia cucullus (Modeer, 1790))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Euplokamis octoptera (Mertens, 1833))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Ctenophora Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Mertensia cucullus (Modeer, 1790))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Callianira compressa (Mertens, 1833))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mertensia ovum)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Beroe ovum Fabricius, 1780)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Mertensia cucullus (Modeer, 1790))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Euplokamis octoptera (Mertens, 1833))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Ctenophora Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
