WoRMS taxon details
Bolinopsis microptera (A. Agassiz, 1865)
106394 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106394)
accepted
Species
Bolina microptera A. Agassiz, 1865 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bolina microptera A. Agassiz, 1865) Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. <em>Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 19 [details]
page(s): 19 [details]
Note “Found in June, in the Straits of Rosario,...
From editor or global species database
Type locality “Found in June, in the Straits of Rosario, Washington Territory. ...Gulf of Georgia, W.T.” = Rosario Strait, Washington State [details]
Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Bolinopsis microptera (A. Agassiz, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106394 on 2025-07-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bolina microptera A. Agassiz, 1865) Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. <em>Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2: 1-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1837
page(s): 19 [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): 19 [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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Mortensen, T. (1912). Ctenophora. <em>Danish Ingolf- Expedition.</em> 5(2): 1–95, pls 1–10, 1 chart. [details] 
status source Johnson, S. B.; Winnikoff, J. R.; Schultz, D. T.; Christianson, L. M.; Patry, W. L.; Mills, C. E.; Haddock, S. H. D. (2022). Speciation of pelagic zooplankton: Invisible boundaries can drive isolation of oceanic ctenophores. <em>Frontiers in Genetics.</em> 13.970314., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.970314 [details]
status source Johnson, S. B.; Winnikoff, J. R.; Schultz, D. T.; Christianson, L. M.; Patry, W. L.; Mills, C. E.; Haddock, S. H. D. (2022). Speciation of pelagic zooplankton: Invisible boundaries can drive isolation of oceanic ctenophores. <em>Frontiers in Genetics.</em> 13.970314., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.970314 [details]
Other
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
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Long standing synonymy with B. infundibulum removed by Johnson et al 2022 [details]Type locality “Found in June, in the Straits of Rosario, Washington Territory. ...Gulf of Georgia, W.T.” = Rosario Strait, Washington State [details]
Original description extract 
To Barcode of Life (157 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bolinopsis microptera)
To GenBank (25554 nucleotides; 22078 proteins) (from synonym Bolina microptera A. Agassiz, 1865)
To GenBank (25554 nucleotides; 22078 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (157 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bolinopsis microptera)
To GenBank (25554 nucleotides; 22078 proteins) (from synonym Bolina microptera A. Agassiz, 1865)
To GenBank (25554 nucleotides; 22078 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
