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WoRMS name details

Martensia L. Agassiz, 1860

Beroe octoptera, original illustration from Mertens

AphiaID

1519493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1519493)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonymy of type species)

Accepted Name

Mertensia Lesson, 1829

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Beroe octoptera Mertens, 1833 accepted as Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780) (type by original designation)

Parent

Callianiridae Eschscholtz, 1829

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Species Martensia octoptera (Mertens, 1833) accepted as Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Agassiz, L. (1860). Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. 3 :1-301., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16063102
page(s): 195 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Martensia L. Agassiz, 1860. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1519493 on 2024-06-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-07-12 00:44:23Z

created

Lindsay, Dhugal

2023-09-17 13:12:26Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

Licensing

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original description Agassiz, L. (1860). Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. 3 :1-301., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16063102
page(s): 195 [details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Martensia)

From editor or global species database

Beroe octoptera, original illustration from Mertens

Image from typetaxon