Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Ctenophora > Class Tentaculata > Subclass Cyclocoela > Order Cestida > Family Cestidae > Genus Cestum

Cestum veneris Lesueur, 1813

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cestum*	Lesueur, 1813	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: cinturó de Venus sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: Venus girdle sources: Hayward, P.J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

French: céinture de Vénus sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: cinto di Venere; cintura di Venere

Spanish, Castillian: cinturón de Venus

Swedish: Venusgördel

Turkish: venus kemeri

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	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

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Mills, C. (2014). Cestum veneris Lesueur, 1813. 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:106363