Marine Species Traits - Alcinoe Rang, 1828

Traits name details

Alcinoe Rang, 1828

Mnemiopsis leidyi

AphiaID

264954 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:264954)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Mnemiopsis L. Agassiz, 1860

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Alcinoe vermiculata Rang, 1828 accepted as Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Bolinopsidae Bigelow, 1912

Original name

Alcinoe Rang, 1828

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Species Alcinoe rosea Mertens, 1833 accepted as Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865
Species Alcinoe vermicularis Rang, 1828 accepted as Alcinoe vermiculata Rang, 1828 accepted as Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Alcinoe vermiculata Rang, 1828 accepted as Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865

Environment

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

Original description

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.
page(s): 168 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Alcinoe Rang, 1828. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=264954 on 2026-07-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Alcinoe Rang, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=264954 on 2026-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-04 11:38:56Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2011-02-09 12:41:24Z

changed

Mills, Claudia

2023-10-08 13:59:12Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2023-10-08 21:20:33Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2023-10-31 08:21:28Z

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Paulay, Gustav

2024-01-03 10:20:43Z

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Paulay, Gustav

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original description 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.
page(s): 168 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [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]

source of synonymy Oliveira, O. M. P.; Miranda, T. P.; Araujo, E. M.; Ayón, P.; Cedeño-Posso, C. M.; Cepeda-Mercado, A. A.; Córdova, P.; Cunha, A. F.; Genzano, G. N.; Haddad, M. A.; Mianzan, H. W.; Migotto, A. E.; Miranda, L. S.; Morandini, A. C.; Nagata, R. M.; Nascimento, K. B.; Júnior, M. N.; Palma, S.; Quiñones, J.; Rodriguez, C. S.; Scarabino, F.; Schiariti, A.; Stampar, S. N.; Tronolone, V. B.; Marques, A. C. (2016). Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters. Zootaxa. 4194(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4194.1.1
note: Synonymy based on synonymy of type species, presumably invoking ICZN 23.9 [details] Available for editors