MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Euplokamis octoptera (Mertens, 1833)

WoRMS name details

Euplokamis octoptera (Mertens, 1833)

AphiaID

106380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106380)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted Name

Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780)

Rank

Species

Parent

Euplokamis Chun, 1879

Original name

Beroe octoptera Mertens, 1833

Environment

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

Original description

(of Beroe octoptera 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): 528-530, pl. 1, figs. 1-4 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Euplokamis octoptera (Mertens, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106380 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-04 16:28:44Z

changed

van der Land, Jacob

2011-02-09 12:41:24Z

checked

Mills, Claudia

2024-01-05 20:45:01Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2024-01-14 11:59:22Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Beroe octoptera 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): 528-530, pl. 1, figs. 1-4 [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]

new combination reference Mills, C.E. (1987). Revised classification of the genus Euplokamis Chun, 1880 (Ctenophora: Cydippida: Euplokamidae n. fam.), with a description of the new species Euplokamis dunlapae. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 65: 2661-2668.
page(s): 2667 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Majaneva, S.; Ringvold, H.; Johansen, E.; Østensen, M.-A.; Hosia, A. (2021). Hiding in plain sight—Euplokamis dunlapae(Ctenophora) in Norwegian waters. Journal of Plankton Research. 43(2): 257-269., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbab012 [details] Available for editors

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Other

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 van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Synonymy Beroe octoptera was placed in the synonymy of Mertensia ovum by Chun (1880) a view also favored by Mills (1997-to present) and Majaneva et al (2021). It's listing in Euplokamis was based on coiling tentillae described by Mertens (1833) but his figures show that the natural state of the tentillae is extended. This fits with assignment to Mertensia rather than Euplokamis [details]

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