MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Leucothea Mertens, 1833

WoRMS taxon details

Leucothea Mertens, 1833

Leucothea formosa original figure from Mertens plate 2

AphiaID

106352 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106352)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Leucothea formosa Mertens, 1833 accepted as Beroe multicornis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Leucothea multicornis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (type by monotypy)

Typetaxon of

Leucotheidae Krumbach, 1925

Parent

Leucotheidae Krumbach, 1925

Original name

Leucothea Mertens, 1833

Synonymised names

Alcinoe Della Chiaje, 1841 · unaccepted

Chiaia Lesson, 1843 · unaccepted > unavailable name (new name given to Alcinoe DC)

Chiaja auct. · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (Alternate spelling)

Direct children (9)

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Species Leucothea filmersankeyi Gershwin, Zeidler & Davie, 2010
Species Leucothea grandiformis (A. Agassiz & Mayer, 1899)
Species Leucothea japonica Komai, 1918
Species Leucothea multicornis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Leucothea ochracea Mayer, 1912
Species Leucothea pulchra Matsumoto, 1988
Species Leucothea formosa Mertens, 1833 accepted as Beroe multicornis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Leucothea multicornis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Leucothea harmata (uncertain, source of name unknown)
Species Leucothea tiedemanni (Eschscholtz, 1825) (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

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

Original description

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): 499 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Leucothea Mertens, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106352 on 2024-11-21

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

2023-09-17 13:12:26Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2024-01-03 10:20:43Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

Licensing

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original description 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): 499 [details]

original description (of Alcinoe Della Chiaje, 1841) Delle Chiaje, S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830. Batteli & Co., Naples. Parts 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10031#/summary
page(s): 110 [details]

original description (of Chiaia 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): 77 [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 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]