MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Leucothea multicornis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

ERMS taxon details

Leucothea multicornis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

AphiaID

106398 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106398)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Leucothea Mertens, 1833

Original name

Beroe multicornis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824 - 1826). Zoologie. [Zoology.]. In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820. iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044
page(s): 574-575, Pl. 74, Fig. 1 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Leucothea multicornis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106398 on 2026-04-20

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Leucothea multicornis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106398 on 2026-04-20

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

2023-09-12 19:10:13Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

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original description (of ) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824 - 1826). Zoologie. [Zoology.]. In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820. iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044
page(s): 574-575, Pl. 74, Fig. 1 [details]

context source (Bermuda) Fewkes, J. W. (1883). On a few medusae from the Bermudas. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 11: 79-90 [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 Mianzan, H.; Dawson, E.W.; Mills, C. (2009). Phylum Ctenophora: comb jellies, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 49-58. [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]

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