Hydrozoa 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 campanula (Fabricius, 1780) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminate species)
- 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) (basionym)
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
[details]
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
[details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Melicertum sensu L. Agassiz, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117152 on 2026-06-02
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2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
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Martinez, Olga
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
[details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melicertum)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melicertum)
To Genbank
To ITIS
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