WoRMS taxon details
Nipponithyris afra Cooper, 1973
235702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235702)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh
recent only
Cooper, G. A. (1973). New Brachiopoda from the Indian Ocean. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> (16): 1-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.16.1 [details]
Holotype USNM 550343a, geounit Mozambican Exclusive...
Holotype USNM 550343a, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
WoRMS (2023). Nipponithyris afra Cooper, 1973. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235702 on 2023-05-31
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original description
Cooper, G. A. (1973). New Brachiopoda from the Indian Ocean. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> (16): 1-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.16.1 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
additional source Bitner, M.A.; Romanin, M. (2017). Recent brachiopods from the South China Sea, NW Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4306(2): 287-290., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4306.2.9
note: First record of Nipponithyris afra from northern hemisphere (South China Sea). [details] Available for editors
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additional source Laurin, B. (1997). Brachiopodes récoltés dans les eaux de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyauté, Matthew et Chesterfield. <em>in: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 18. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 176, 411-471. (look up in IMIS)
note: Expands distribution of species to the New Caledonian EEZ. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
additional source Bitner, M.A.; Romanin, M. (2017). Recent brachiopods from the South China Sea, NW Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4306(2): 287-290., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4306.2.9
note: First record of Nipponithyris afra from northern hemisphere (South China Sea). [details] Available for editors

additional source Laurin, B. (1997). Brachiopodes récoltés dans les eaux de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyauté, Matthew et Chesterfield. <em>in: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 18. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 176, 411-471. (look up in IMIS)
note: Expands distribution of species to the New Caledonian EEZ. [details]





Holotype USNM 550343a, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]