Traits taxon details
Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780)
106377 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106377)
accepted
Species
Beroe cucullus Modeer, 1790 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Beroe ovum Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Callianira compressa (Mertens, 1833) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Euplokamis octoptera (Mertens, 1833) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mertensia groenlandica Lesson, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Lesson's species is almost...)
Lesson's species is almost certainly Mertensia ovum, described from the same region.
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Beroe ovum Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 362 [details]
page(s): 362 [details]
Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106377 on 2025-08-23
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106377 on 2025-08-23
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(of Beroe ovum Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 362 [details]
original description (of Mertensia groenlandica Lesson, 1829) 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
page(s): 100 [details]
original description (of Beroe cucullus Modeer, 1790) Modeer, A. (1790). Slägtet Klockmask, Beroe: närmare uplyft och stadgadt. <em>Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 11: 33-49.</em>
page(s): 42-43 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet]., available online at http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Liley, R. (1958). Ctenophora. Replaced by sheet no. 146. <i>Fiches d'identification du zooplancton</i>, 82. ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 362 [details]
original description (of Mertensia groenlandica Lesson, 1829) 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
page(s): 100 [details]
original description (of Beroe cucullus Modeer, 1790) Modeer, A. (1790). Slägtet Klockmask, Beroe: närmare uplyft och stadgadt. <em>Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 11: 33-49.</em>
page(s): 42-43 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet]., available online at http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Liley, R. (1958). Ctenophora. Replaced by sheet no. 146. <i>Fiches d'identification du zooplancton</i>, 82. ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Callianira compressa (Mertens, 1833))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mertensia ovum)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Beroe ovum Fabricius, 1780)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Euplokamis octoptera (Mertens, 1833))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Ctenophora Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Callianira compressa (Mertens, 1833))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mertensia ovum)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Beroe ovum Fabricius, 1780)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Euplokamis octoptera (Mertens, 1833))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Ctenophora Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
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