MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Melicertissa Haeckel, 1879

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Melicertissa Haeckel, 1879

Melicertissa clavigera, mouth of Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia

AphiaID

117142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117142)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Melicertissa clavigera Haeckel, 1879 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Hebellidae Fraser, 1912

Original name

Melicertissa Haeckel, 1879

Synonymised names

Melicertella Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted

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Species Melicertissa adriatica Neppi, 1915
Species Melicertissa antrichardsoni Uribe-Palomino & Gershwin, 2018
Species Melicertissa clavigera Haeckel, 1879
Species Melicertissa malayica (Maas, 1905)
Species Melicertissa mayeri Kramp, 1959
Species Melicertissa orientalis Kramp, 1961
Species Melicertissa platygastra Nair, 1951
Species Melicertissa rosea Bouillon, 1984

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 135 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Melicertissa Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117142 on 2024-11-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2011-03-11 07:10:22Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2016-01-08 09:43:35Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2024-01-17 17:44:40Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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original description Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 135 [details]

original description (of Melicertella Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 134 [details]

taxonomy source Schuchert P.; Collins R. (2021). Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 128(2): 237-356., available online at https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0049
page(s): 284; note: Transferred from Laodiceidae to Hebellidae, hydroid of Melicertissa mayeri is a Hebella species. [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, 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. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]