IRMNG - Mertensiidae L. Agassiz, 1860

IRMNG taxon details

Mertensiidae L. Agassiz, 1860

IRMNG_ID

111599 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:111599)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Cydippida

Direct children (5)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Genus Callianira Péron & Lesueur, 1808
Genus Charistephane Chun, 1879
Genus Gastrodes Korotneff, 1888
Genus Mertensia Lesson, 1830
Genus Callianyra de Blainville, 1834 accepted as Callianira Péron & Lesueur, 1808

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Mertensiidae L. Agassiz, 1860. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111599 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

habitat flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

From other sources

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Ctenophora (Phylum) > Tentaculata (Class) > Typhlocoela (Subclass) > Cydippida (Order) > Mertensiidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Ctenophorans, marine (characteristics of phylum) (Parker) [details]

To WoRMS