Beroe (ctenophore)

Beroe
Beroe abyssicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Ctenophora
Class:	Nuda
Order:	Beroida
Family:	Beroidae
Genus:	Beroe Browne, 1756
Synonyms
Idya Fréminville, 1809 Idyiopsis L. Agassiz, 1860

Beroe, commonly known as the cigar comb jellies, is a genus of comb jellies in the family Beroidae.^[1] Beroe exhibits bioluminescence.

Species[]

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are members of this genus:^[1]

• Beroe abyssicola Mortensen, 1927
• Agassiz & Mayer, 1899
• Kramp, 1942
• Lesson, 1830
• Komai, 1918
• Moser, 1909
• Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
• Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780
• Martens, 1829
• A. Agassiz, 1860
• (Eschscholtz, 1829)
• Milne Edwards, 1841
• Eschscholtz, 1829
• Beroe gracilis Künne, 1939
• Moser, 1907
• Péron & Lesueur, 1808
• Lesson, 1830
• (Moser, 1907)
• Bosc, 1802
• Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789
• (Moser, 1903)
• (Mertens, 1833)
• Komai, 1921
• Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
• (Eschscholtz, 1829)

References[]

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Further reading[]

• Galil, Bella; Gevili, Roy; Shiganova, Tamara (2011). "Not far behind: First record of Beroe ovata Mayer, 1912 (Ctenophora: Beroida: Beroidae) off the Mediterranean coast of Israel". Aquatic Invasions. 6: S89–90. doi:10.3391/ai.2011.6.S1.020.
• Oliveira, Otto M.P.; Migotto, Alvaro E. (2014). "First occurrence of Beroe forskalii (Ctenophora) in South American Atlantic coastal waters, with notes on the use of macrociliary patterns for beroid identification". Zootaxa. 3779 (4): 470–6. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3779.4.5. PMID 24871741.
• Oliveira, Otto M. P.; Feliú, Guillermo; Palma, Sergio (2014). "Beroe gracilis (Ctenophora) from the Humboldt Current System: first occurrence of this species in the southern hemisphere". Zootaxa. 3827 (3): 397–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3827.3.10. PMID 25081170.
• Mianzan, Hermes; Dawson, Elliot W.; Mills, Claudia E. (2009). "Phylum Ctenophora: Comb Jellies" (PDF). In Gordon, Dennis P. (ed.). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. pp. 49–58. ISBN 978-1877257-72-8.