Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Leptothecata > Superfamily Plumularioidea > Family Plumulariidae

Nemertesia Lamouroux, 1812

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Antennularia*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym

Children

Nemertesia antennina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nemertesia falcicula (Ramil & Vervoort, 1992)
Nemertesia fraseri Ramil & Vervoort, 1992
Nemertesia norvegica (Sars, 1873)
Nemertesia perrieri (Billard, 1901)
Nemertesia ramosa (Lamarck, 1816)
Nemertesia tetrasticha (Meneghini, 1845)
Nemertesia ventriculiformis (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890)

Literature

original description	Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1812). Extrait d'un mémoire sur la classification des Polypiers coralligènes non entièrement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin scientifique de la Société Philosophique, 3: 181-188
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, 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. 112-120
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101.
additional source	Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium. 283 pp.
redescription	Ramil, F., & Vervoort, W. 2006. Nemertesia tropica spec. nov. from Indonesian waters near Bali. Description of the new species and a review of the genus Nemertesia Lamouroux, 1812 (Leptothecata, Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 80: 113-158.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Nemertesia Lamouroux, 1812. 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:117195