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Cestum amphitrites Mertens, 1833

Cestum amphitrites original figure from Mertens
Cestum amphitrites original figure from Mertens

1565121  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1565121)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Ctenophora (Phylum)
  4. Tentaculata (Class)
  5. Cestida (Order)
  6. Cestidae (Family)
  7. Cestum (Genus)
  8. Cestum amphitrites (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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): 492, pl. 1, figs. 1-6 [details] 
Note South Seas, 0o45'N, 127o06'W and 4o58’N,...  
Type locality South Seas, 0o45'N, 127o06'W and 4o58’N, 128o56’W [details]
WoRMS (2025). Cestum amphitrites Mertens, 1833. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1565121 on 2025-06-23
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Nomenclature

original description 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): 492, pl. 1, figs. 1-6 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Mayer, A. G. (1912). Ctenophores of the Atlantic coast of North America. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington: Washington D.C. 162.</em> 58pp, 17 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Type locality South Seas, 0o45'N, 127o06'W and 4o58’N, 128o56’W [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese オビクラゲ  [details]
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Cestum amphitrites original figure from Mertens
Cestum amphitrites original figure from Mertens

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