WoRMS name details
Bolina Mertens, 1833
106349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106349)
unaccepted > junior homonym (of Rafinesque, 1815, Mollusca)
Genus
Bolina elegans Mertens, 1833 accepted as Bolinopsis elegans (Mertens, 1833) (type by subsequent designation)
Bolinidae Agassiz, 1860 accepted as Bolinopsidae Bigelow, 1912
- Species Bolina alata Agassiz, 1850 accepted as Bolinopsis alata (A. Agassiz, 1850) accepted as Bolinopsis infundibulum (O.F. Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bolina chuni von Lendenfeld, 1885 accepted as Bolinopsis chuni (von Lendenfeld, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bolina elegans Mertens, 1833 accepted as Bolinopsis elegans (Mertens, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bolina hibernica Patterson, 1839 accepted as Mnemia norvegica Sars, 1835 accepted as Bolinopsis infundibulum (O.F. Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Bolina hydatina Chun, 1879 accepted as Bolinopsis vitrea (L. Agassiz, 1860) (Synonym)
- Species Bolina infundibulum (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Bolinopsis infundibulum (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Bolina microptera A. Agassiz, 1865 accepted as Bolinopsis microptera (A. Agassiz, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bolina mikado Moser, 1907 accepted as Bolinopsis mikado (Moser, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bolina norvegica (Sars, 1835) accepted as Bolinopsis infundibulum (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Bolina ovalis Bigelow, 1904 accepted as Bolinopsis ovalis (Bigelow, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bolina septentrionalis Mertens, 1833 accepted as Bolinopsis infundibulum (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Bolina vitrea L. Agassiz, 1860 accepted as Bolinopsis vitrea (L. Agassiz, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, 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): 513 [details]
page(s): 513 [details]
Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Bolina Mertens, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106349 on 2026-06-03
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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): 513 [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): 513 [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
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)
page(s): 2 [details]
page(s): 2 [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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 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]
From editor or global species database
Type designation subsequent type designation: p. 19 [details]
From editor or global species database
Image from typetaxon
