WoRMS name details
Bursarius cythereae Lesson, 1829
1697245 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1697245)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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 [details]
Taxonomic remark From Bigelow, 1938:
"If the Bursarius cytherae of Lesson (1830, p. 108, Pl. 14, Fig. 1) was,
in fact, congeneric with the...
"If the Bursarius cytherae of Lesson (1830, p. 108, Pl. 14, Fig. 1) was,
in fact, congeneric with the...
Taxonomic remark From Bigelow, 1938:
"If the Bursarius cytherae of Lesson (1830, p. 108, Pl. 14, Fig. 1) was,
in fact, congeneric with the form later named Tamoya by F. Millier (1858),
as Haeckel (1880) suggested, it would be necessary to substitute Bursarius
as the generic name. However, as Haeckel pointed out, Lesson's account and
illustration differ from all known carybdeids in showing only 2 tentacles
(though 4 pedalia); nor do they give any indication as to the structural
characters which determine generic position in this group. It is thus wisest
to abandon the name Bursarius for good and all, on the ground that the type
species of the genus is and must always remain unrecognizable. For this
same reason the specific name bursaria, substituted by Haeckel (1880) for
Lesson's B. cytherae, is likewise best regarded as a nomen nudem." [details]
"If the Bursarius cytherae of Lesson (1830, p. 108, Pl. 14, Fig. 1) was,
in fact, congeneric with the form later named Tamoya by F. Millier (1858),
as Haeckel (1880) suggested, it would be necessary to substitute Bursarius
as the generic name. However, as Haeckel pointed out, Lesson's account and
illustration differ from all known carybdeids in showing only 2 tentacles
(though 4 pedalia); nor do they give any indication as to the structural
characters which determine generic position in this group. It is thus wisest
to abandon the name Bursarius for good and all, on the ground that the type
species of the genus is and must always remain unrecognizable. For this
same reason the specific name bursaria, substituted by Haeckel (1880) for
Lesson's B. cytherae, is likewise best regarded as a nomen nudem." [details]
WoRMS (2024). Bursarius cythereae Lesson, 1829. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1697245 on 2024-05-26
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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 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark From Bigelow, 1938:"If the Bursarius cytherae of Lesson (1830, p. 108, Pl. 14, Fig. 1) was,
in fact, congeneric with the form later named Tamoya by F. Millier (1858),
as Haeckel (1880) suggested, it would be necessary to substitute Bursarius
as the generic name. However, as Haeckel pointed out, Lesson's account and
illustration differ from all known carybdeids in showing only 2 tentacles
(though 4 pedalia); nor do they give any indication as to the structural
characters which determine generic position in this group. It is thus wisest
to abandon the name Bursarius for good and all, on the ground that the type
species of the genus is and must always remain unrecognizable. For this
same reason the specific name bursaria, substituted by Haeckel (1880) for
Lesson's B. cytherae, is likewise best regarded as a nomen nudem." [details]
