Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Ctenophora > Class Nuda > Order Beroida > Family Beroidae > Genus Beroe

Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Beroe*	Gronov, 1760	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): agurkkammanet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: melongople sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: meloenkwal sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: beroe sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

French: béroé sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

German: Melonenqualle; Mützenqualle sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

Norwegian: agurkkammanet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: agurkkammanet sources: Fauna Groenlandica. Hafniae. 452 pp

Norwegian Nynorsk: agurkkammanet sources: Fauna Groenlandica. Hafniae. 452 pp

Nynorsk (Norwegian): agurkkammanet

Literature

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	Moss, A. G. 2009. Ctenophora of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 403–411 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Liley, R. (1958). Ctenophora. Replaced by sheet no. 146. Fiches d'identification du zooplancton, 82. ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 pp.
additional source	Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
Barcode of Life
Biodiversity Heritage Library (122 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Ctenophora Collection
GBIF

Citation

Collins, Allen G. (2014). Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106358