Mnemiopsis leidyi
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Martinez, Olga
creator: Mills, Claudia
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106401 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2011-02-09T13:41:24Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865
class: Tentaculata
family: Bolinopsidae
genus: Mnemiopsis
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Agassiz, A. (1865). North American Acalephae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 2: 1-234.
name published in: Mertens, H. (1833). Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen über die Beroëartigen Akalephen. Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. 6e série, Sciences mathématiques, physiques et naturelles. 479-543. 13 plates.
name published in: Rang, S. (1828). Établissement de la famille des Béroïdes dans l'ordre des acalèphes libres, et description de deux genres nouveaux qui lui appartiennent. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 4: 166-173, pls. 119-120.
name published in: Mayer, A. G. 1900. Descriptions of new and little-known medusae from the western Atlantic. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard 37: 1-9, plates 1-6.
name published in: Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. Isis von Oken. 1825(6): 733-747, plate V.
name published in year: 1865
name published in year: 1833
name published in year: 1828
name published in year: 1900
name published in year: 1825
order: Lobata
parent name usage ID: 106355
phylum: Ctenophora
scientific name authorship: A. Agassiz, 1865
specific epithet: leidyi
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted