World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

ERMS taxon details

Mertensia Lesson, 1829

Beroe octoptera, original illustration from Mertens

AphiaID

106341 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106341)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Mertensiidae L. Agassiz, 1860

Parent

Mertensiidae L. Agassiz, 1860

Original name

Mertensia Lesson, 1829

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Species Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Mertensia cucullus (Modeer, 1790) accepted as Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780) (Synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

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]

Taxonomic citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Mertensia Lesson, 1829. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106341 on 2025-05-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Mertensia Lesson, 1829. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106341 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2011-02-09 12:41:24Z

changed

Mills, Claudia

2023-09-15 11:18:57Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2024-01-03 10:20:43Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

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original description 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]

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 RoR) [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 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 RoR) [details]