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Beroe O.F. Müller, 1776

1434803  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1434803)

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Genus
Volvox beroe (C.Linnaeus) C.Linnaeus accepted as Beroe beroe (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by absolute tautonymy)
Beroe Gronov, 1760 · unaccepted (not binomial)
Beroe Browne, 1756 · unaccepted (pre-Linnean)
Idyia Agassiz, 1860 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (misspelling of Idya Freminville)
Medea Eschscholtz, 1825 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pandora Eschscholtz, 1829 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Pandora Bruguière, 1797)

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  1. Species Beroe abyssicola Mortensen, 1927
  2. Species Beroe australis A. Agassiz & Mayer, 1899
  3. Species Beroe baffini Kramp, 1942
  4. Species Beroe beroe (Linnaeus, 1758)
  5. Species Beroe bulla Faber, 1829
  6. Species Beroe campana Komai, 1918
  7. Species Beroe chiajii Lesson, 1836
  8. Species Beroe compacta Moser, 1909
  9. Species Beroe constricta Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
  10. Species Beroe costata Reynaud in Lesson, 1831
  11. Species Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780
  12. Species Beroe cyathina (A. Agassiz in L. Agassiz, 1860)
  13. Species Beroe fallax Lesson, 1836
  14. Species Beroe flemingii (Eschscholtz, 1829)
  15. Species Beroe forskalii Milne Edwards, 1841
  16. Species Beroe fragum Faber, 1829
  17. Species Beroe gracilis Künne, 1939
  18. Species Beroe hyalina Moser, 1907
  19. Species Beroe macrostomus Péron & Lesueur, 1807
  20. Species Beroe mitraeformis Lesson, 1829
  21. Species Beroe mitrata (Moser, 1907)
  22. Species Beroe mülleri Lesson, 1843
  23. Species Beroe octocostatus Lamouroux, de Saint Vincent & Deslongchamps, 1824
  24. Species Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789
  25. Species Beroe pandorina Moser, 1903
  26. Species Beroe penicillata (Mertens, 1833)
  27. Species Beroe quadricostata Faber, 1829
  28. Species Beroe quoyi Lesson, 1836
  29. Species Beroe ramosa Komai, 1921
  30. Species Beroe rufescens (Eschscholtz, 1829)
  31. Species Beroe scoresbyi Lesson, 1836
  32. Species Beroe shakespeari Benham, 1907
  33. Species Beroe amphora Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  34. Species Beroe bilobata Dalyell, 1848 accepted as Mnemia norvegica Sars, 1835 accepted as Bolinopsis infundibulum (O.F. Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  35. Species Beroe campanula Tilesius, 1814 (unaccepted > unavailable name, work suppressed by ICZN Opinion 864)
  36. Species Beroe capensis Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 accepted as Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Beroe clarkii (Agassiz, 1860) accepted as Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Beroe compressa Mertens, 1833 accepted as Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Species Beroe cucullus Modeer, 1790 accepted as Beroe ovum Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Species Beroe cucumis Mertens, 1833 accepted as Hormiphora cucumis (Mertens, 1833) (junior homonym of Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780)
  41. Species Beroe cylindricus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Beroe macrostomus Péron & Lesueur, 1807 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, proposed based on macrostomus)
  42. Species Beroe dactyloides Péron & Lesueur, 1807 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  43. Species Beroe elongatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Beroe quoyi Lesson, 1836 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Beroe elongatus Risso, 1826)
  44. Species Beroe espenbergii Tilesius, 1814 (unaccepted > unavailable name, work suppressed by ICZN Opinion 864)
  45. Species Beroe forskahlii Lesson, 1843 accepted as Beroe forskalii Milne Edwards, 1841 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  46. Species Beroe fulgens Macartney, 1810 accepted as Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  47. Species Beroe gilva Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  48. Species Beroe glandiformis Mertens, 1833 accepted as Dryodora glandiformis (Mertens, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  49. Species Beroe hexagona Modeer, 1790 accepted as Pleurobrachia pileus (O. F. Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Beroe hexagona Bruguière, 1789)
  50. Species Beroe hexagonus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Callianira hexagona (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  51. Species Beroe infundibulum Müller, 1776 accepted as Bolinopsis infundibulum (O.F. Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  52. Species Beroe japonicus Tilesius, 1814 (unaccepted > unavailable name, work suppressed by ICZN Opinion 864)
  53. Species Beroe micans Tilesius, 1814 (unaccepted > unavailable name, work suppressed by ICZN Opinion 864)
  54. Species Beroe multicornis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Leucothea multicornis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  55. Species Beroe novemcostatus Lamarck in Bruguière, 1791 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  56. Species Beroe octoptera Mertens, 1833 accepted as Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  57. Species Beroe ovale Bosc, 1802 accepted as Beroe ovatus Bosc, 1802 accepted as Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789 (unaccepted > unavailable name, colloquial spelling in Bosc perpetuated as a binomial in subsequent literature)
  58. Species Beroe ovatus Bosc, 1802 accepted as Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789 (unaccepted > junior homonym, based on Bruguière's name though not cited; both base it on Brown's Beroe)
  59. Species Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  60. Species Beroe ovum Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  61. Species Beroe pandora Moser, 1903 accepted as Pandora flemingii Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Beroe flemingii (Eschscholtz, 1829) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, proposed as new name for Pandora flemingii)
  62. Species Beroe pileus O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Pleurobrachia pileus (O. F. Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  63. Species Beroe pseudocucumis Shiganova & Abyzova, 2021 (unaccepted > unavailable name, No explicit fixation of type material in paper (ICZN article 16.4))
  64. Species Beroe punctata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 accepted as Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  65. Species Beroe roseola (Agassiz, 1860) accepted as Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  66. Species Beroe santonum Lesson, 1843 accepted as Pleurobrachia pileus (O. F. Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  67. Species Beroe striata Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  68. Species Beroe tripunctata Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  69. Species Beroe vasculosus Tilesius, 1805 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  70. Subgenus Beroe (Cydalisia) Lesson, 1829 (uncertain)
    1. Species Beroe (Cydalisia) mitraeformis Lesson, 1829 represented as Beroe mitraeformis Lesson, 1829
  71. Subgenus Beroe (Epomis) Lesson, 1829 (uncertain, Original illustration suggests this is not a ctenophore)
    1. Species Beroe (Epomis) gargantua Lesson, 1829 represented as Tamoya gargantua (Lesson, 1829) (Original illustration suggests this is not a ctenophore, but rather a carybdeid cubozoan.)
  72. Species Beroe albens (Forsskål, 1775) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  73. Species Beroe basteri Lesson, 1829 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Note Beroe; placed questionably in Pleurobrachia by Agassiz 1860: 208)
  74. Species Beroe elongatus Risso, 1826 (uncertain)
  75. Species Beroe laevigata Modeer, 1790 (uncertain)
  76. Species Beroe roseus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Agassiz, 1860: 208 considers likely Pleurobrachia. Moser 1908: 24 notes poorly described, problematic)
  77. Species Beroe rufescens (Forsskål, 1775) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  78. Species Beroe scaturigo Modeer, 1790 (uncertain)
  79. Species Beroe tintinnabulum Modeer, 1790 (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 232 [details] OpenAccess publication
Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Beroe O.F. Müller, 1776. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1434803 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature

original description Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 232 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Medea Eschscholtz, 1825) Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. <em>Isis von Oken.</em> 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188
page(s): 741 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pandora Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 39 [details] 

original description (of Idya Fréminville, 1809) Fréminville, C. P. (1809). Notice sur deux espèces nouvelles de Radiaires. <em>Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique 20: 329-330.</em>
page(s): 329 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Beroe Browne, 1756) Browne, P. (1756). The civil and natural history of Jamaica :in three parts. In three dissertations. The whole illustrated with fifty copper-plates : in which the most curious productions are represented of the natural size, and delineated immediately from the objects. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10826 [details] 

original description (of Idyia Agassiz, 1860) 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): 295 [details] 

original description (of Idyiopsis L. Agassiz, 1860) 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): 288, 296 [details] 

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English melon jellyfish [from synonym]beroids [from synonym]  [details]
German Melonenquallen [from synonym]Gurkenquallen [from synonym]  [details]
Japanese ウリクラゲ属 [from synonym]  [details]

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