World Register of Deep-Sea species - Liriope Lesson, 1843

Deep-Sea taxon details

Liriope Lesson, 1843

Liriope tetraphylla medusa, from Florida, Western Atlantic

AphiaID

117099 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117099)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Geryoniidae Eschscholtz, 1829

Original name

Liriope Lesson, 1843

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Species Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
Species Liriope scutigera McCrady, 1859 accepted as Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

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): 331 [details]

Type data

Note Haeckel (1879: 288) selected Liriope...

Type species Haeckel (1879: 288) selected Liriope cerasiformis Lesson, 1843 as type species [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Liriope Lesson, 1843. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117099 on 2026-01-18

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Liriope Lesson, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117099 on 2026-01-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2011-01-21 07:17:59Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-10-14 09:28:56Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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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): 331 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, 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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Introduced: alien

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Type species Haeckel (1879: 288) selected Liriope cerasiformis Lesson, 1843 as type species [details]

Validity Liriope is a junior homonym of Liriope Meigen, 1800 [Insecta], however the latter name is not available as the publication of Meigen has been declared unavailable by the I.C.Z.N. (1963,
The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature.
Opinion 678. The suppression under the plenary powers of the pamphlet published by Meigen, 1800;
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44462#page/383/mode/1up)
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