MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Bolinopsis L. Agassiz, 1860

WoRMS taxon details

Bolinopsis L. Agassiz, 1860

Bolina elegans original figure from Mertens

AphiaID

106350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106350)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Bolina elegans Mertens, 1833 accepted as Bolinopsis elegans (Mertens, 1833) (type by monotypy)

Typetaxon of

Bolinopsidae Bigelow, 1912

Parent

Bolinopsidae Bigelow, 1912

Synonymised names

Anais Lesson, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (based on type species)

Bolina Mertens, 1833 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Rafinesque, 1815, Mollusca)

Direct children (14)

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Species Bolinopsis ashleyi Gershwin, Zeidler & Davie, 2010
Species Bolinopsis chuni (von Lendenfeld, 1884)
Species Bolinopsis elegans (Mertens, 1833)
Species Bolinopsis indosinensis Dawydoff, 1946
Species Bolinopsis infundibulum (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Bolinopsis microptera (A. Agassiz, 1865)
Species Bolinopsis mikado (Moser, 1907)
Species Bolinopsis ovalis (Bigelow, 1904)
Species Bolinopsis rubripunctata Tokioka, 1964
Species Bolinopsis vitrea (L. Agassiz, 1860)
Species Bolinopsis alata (A. Agassiz, 1850) accepted as Bolinopsis infundibulum (O.F. Müller, 1776) (Synonym)
Species Bolinopsis hydatina (Chun, 1879) accepted as Bolinopsis vitrea (L. Agassiz, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Bolinopsis septentrionalis (Mertens, 1833) accepted as Bolinopsis infundibulum (O.F. Müller, 1776) (Synonym)
Species Bolinopsis paragaster Ralph & Kaberry, 1950 represented as Bathocyroe paragaster (Ralph & Kaberry, 1950) (Transferred to different genus)

Environment

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

Original description

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): 290; note: Listed and described on p. 290, where A. refers to p. 201, but while the lineage is mentioned on that page, the name Bolinopsis does not appear [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Bolinopsis L. Agassiz, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106350 on 2024-11-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2023-09-17 13:12:26Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2023-09-18 22:02:30Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2024-01-03 10:20:43Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

Licensing

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original description 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): 290; note: Listed and described on p. 290, where A. refers to p. 201, but while the lineage is mentioned on that page, the name Bolinopsis does not appear [details]

original description (of Anais Lesson, 1843) Lesson, R. P. 1843. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes. Acalèphes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. pp. i-vii, 1-596, plus atlas of 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3803187
page(s): 101 [details]

original description (of Bolina Mertens, 1833) 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55630086
page(s): 513 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Ctenophora. 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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 122-123. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Mianzan, H.; Dawson, E.W.; Mills, C. (2009). Phylum Ctenophora: comb jellies, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 49-58. [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. Fiches d'identification du zooplancton, 82. ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Language	Name
Japanese	カブトクラゲ属	[details]

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Bolina elegans original figure from Mertens

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