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

Nemertesia tetrasticha (Meneghini, 1845)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Lowenia Meneghini, 1843

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nemertesia*	Lamouroux, 1812	accepted genus name
*Antennularia*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym

Literature

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	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
redescription	Broch H. (1912). Hydroiduntersuchungen. III. Vergleichende Studien an Adriatischen Hydroiden. Konglige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter. (1911) 1: 1-65.
status source	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 tetrasticha (Meneghini, 1845). 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:117816