MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Bolina Mertens, 1833

ERMS name details

Bolina Mertens, 1833

Bolina elegans original figure from Mertens

AphiaID

106349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106349)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior homonym (of Rafinesque, 1815, Mollusca)

Accepted Name

Bolinopsis L. Agassiz, 1860

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon of

Bolinidae Agassiz, 1860

Parent

Bolinidae Agassiz, 1860 accepted as Bolinopsidae Bigelow, 1912

Original name

Bolina Mertens, 1833

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Species Bolina hydatina Chun, 1879 accepted as Bolinopsis vitrea (L. Agassiz, 1860) (Synonym)

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): 513 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Bolina Mertens, 1833. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106349 on 2025-04-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Bolina Mertens, 1833. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106349 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-06 06:55:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-01-21 12:39:28Z

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Appeltans, Ward

2011-02-09 12:41:24Z

checked

Mills, Claudia

2023-09-18 22:02:30Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2024-01-03 10:20:43Z

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Paulay, Gustav

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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): 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 RoR) [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]

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]

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Bolina elegans original figure from Mertens

Image from typetaxon