WoRMS name details

Novocrania japonica (Adams, 1863)

594497  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594497)

 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Craniscus japonicus (Adams, 1863) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Crania japonica Adams, 1863) Adams, A. (1863). On the genera and species of Recent Brachiopoda found in the seas of Japan. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 11: 98–101. [details]   
Type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Verhoeff, T. (2024). World Brachiopoda Database. Novocrania japonica (Adams, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594497 on 2024-04-26
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2016-02-04 06:26:03Z
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original description  (of Crania japonica Adams, 1863) Adams, A. (1863). On the genera and species of Recent Brachiopoda found in the seas of Japan. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 11: 98–101. [details]   

taxonomy source Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 57(2314), 261-377., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.57-2314.261
note: Assesses additional material and moves species from Crania to Craniscus (a genus now recognized as only containing fossil taxa). [details]   

taxonomy source Brunton, C. H. C. (1988). Some brachiopods from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. <em>Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution.</em> 35(3), 151-169.
note: Notes that specimens of Craniscus japonicus from Japan and Malaysia resembled N. turbinata from the Mediterranean (but no formal synonymizing done in this paper). [details]   

basis of record Bitner, A. (2015). Checklist of recent brachiopod species collected during the Terrasses and Exbodi cruises in the New Caledonian region, SW Pacific. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 537: 33-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.537.6567 [details]   

source of synonymy Robinson, J. H. (2017). A review of all Recent species in the genus Novocrania (Craniata, Brachiopoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4329(6): 501-559., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4329.6.1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Davidson, T. (1871). On Japanese recent Brachiopoda. <em>Zoological Society of London, Proceedings.</em> 39:300–312, pl. 30–31.
note: Re-describes and illustrates Type material (as Adams 1863 failed to illustrate his material). [details]   

new combination reference Robinson, J. H.; Lee, D. E. (2011). Spine formation in 'Novocrania' and 'Danocrania' (Brachiopoda, Craniata. <em>Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists.</em> 41: 25-37.
note: First move of the species to genus Novocrania (though now formally according to Robinson 2017). [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality