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Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789

Idya mertensii original figure from Mertens
Idya mertensii original figure from Mertens

1719780  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1719780)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Ctenophora (Phylum)
  4. Nuda (Class)
  5. Beroida (Order)
  6. Beroidae (Family)
  7. Beroe (Genus)
  8. Beroe ovata (Species)
accepted
Species
Beroe capensis Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Beroe gilva Eschscholtz, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Beroe ovale Bosc, 1802 · unaccepted > unavailable name (colloquial spelling in Bosc...)  
colloquial spelling in Bosc perpetuated as a binomial in subsequent literature
Beroe ovatus Bosc, 1802 · unaccepted > junior homonym (based on Bruguière's name though...)  
based on Bruguière's name though not cited; both base it on Brown's Beroe
Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Idyiopsis affinis L. Agassiz, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Idyiopsis clarkii L. Agassiz, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 175-176 [details] 

(of Beroe ovatus Bosc, 1802) Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): vol 2: 149 [details] OpenAccess publication
Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1719780 on 2025-05-08
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Nomenclature

original description (of Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 175-176 [details] 

original description (of Beroe gilva 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): 37 [details] 

original description (of Beroe capensis Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) Chamisso, Adelbertus De & Eysenhardt, Carolus Guilelmus. (1821). De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis. Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. <em>Nova Acta physico-medica Academiae Cesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae.</em> 10: 33., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37020829
page(s): 361, Pl. XXX, Fig. 4 [details] 

original description (of Beroe punctata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) Chamisso, Adelbertus De & Eysenhardt, Carolus Guilelmus. (1821). De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis. Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. <em>Nova Acta physico-medica Academiae Cesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae.</em> 10: 33., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37020829
page(s): 361, Pl. XXXI, Fig. 1 [details] 

original description (of Idya mertensii Brandt in Mertens, 1833) 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): 536-538, pl. 13, figs. 1-4; note: Mertens cites Brandt as author [details] 

original description (of Beroe ovatus Bosc, 1802) Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): vol 2: 149 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Idyiopsis clarkii 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; figs. 101, 102 [details] 

original description (of Idyiopsis affinis 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] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LanguageName 
English ovate comb jelly [from synonym]ovate beroid [from synonym]flattened helmet comb jelly [from synonym]  [details]
German Mittelmeer-Melonenqualle [from synonym]Mittelmeer-Gurkenqualle [from synonym]  [details]
To Barcode of Life (55 barcodes) (from synonym Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Beroe gilva Eschscholtz, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Beroe capensis Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (249 publications) (from synonym Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Beroe punctata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Beroe clarkii (Agassiz, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Beroe ovale Bosc, 1802)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Beroe ovata) 
To GenBank (5134 nucleotides; 80 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) (from synonym Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789)
To PESI (from synonym Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Ctenophora Collection (5 records) (from synonym Beroe ovatus Bruguière, 1789)
From editor or global species database
Idya mertensii original figure from Mertens
Idya mertensii original figure from Mertens
Image from synonym
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