Later Harbison (Harbison, 2001, personal communication) suggested the name Beroe cucumis sensu Mayer, 1912 for this species. Bayha et al. (Bayha et al., 2004) also concluded that it was prudent to use the name B. cucumis sensu Mayer (B. ovata sensu Chun) for B. ovata (sensu Chun) from the Mediterranean as well as B. cucumis from the eastern Pacific and the western Atlantic indicating one widespread species instead of the several isolated ones.