Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Ctenophora > Class Tentaculata > Order Cydippida > Family Mertensiidae

Mertensia Lesson, 1829

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: トガリテマリクラゲ属

Literature

original description	Lesson, R.P. (1829). Zoophytes. In: Voyage medical autour du Monde execute par I ordre du Roi sur la Corvette de Sa Majeste la Coquille, pendant les annees 1822. 1823, 1824, et 1825...par M.L.I. Duperey, Capitaine de Fregate, Zoologie,. 2(2), 151 pages, 16 plates. Paris: A. Bertrand.
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.
additional source	Liley, R. (1958). Ctenophora. Replaced by sheet no. 146. Fiches d'identification du zooplancton, 82. ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 pp.
additional source	Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet].

Genbank

Citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Mertensia Lesson, 1829. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106341