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

ERMS taxon details

Mertensiidae L. Agassiz, 1860

AphiaID

106323 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106323)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Mertensia Lesson, 1829

Parent

Cydippida

Direct children (2)

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Genus Charistephane Chun, 1879
Genus Mertensia Lesson, 1829

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): 196 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Mertensiidae L. Agassiz, 1860. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=106323 on 2026-08-02

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mertensiidae L. Agassiz, 1860. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106323 on 2026-08-02

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 22:12:35Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

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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): 196 [details]

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

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mertensiidae)
To Genbank
To ITIS