Hydrozoa name details
Janiopsis Bouillon, 1980
267525 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267525)
unaccepted (subjective synonym and preoccupied by Janiopsis Rovereto, 1899 [Gastropoda, Buccinidae; fossil])
Genus
- Species Janiopsis apicispottis Xu, Huang & Lin, 2009 accepted as Merga apicispottis (Xu, Huang & Lin, 2009) (basionym)
- Species Janiopsis brevispura Xu, Huang & Guo, 2009 accepted as Merga brevispura (Xu, Huang & Guo, 2009)
- Species Janiopsis costata Bouillon, 1980 accepted as Merga costata (Bouillon, 1980) (genus transfer)
- Species Janiopsis macrobulbosa Xu, Huang & Guo, 2009 accepted as Merga macrobulbosa (Xu, Huang & Guo, 2009) accepted as Merga apicirubellus Xu, Huang, Lin, Guo & Wang, 2014 (basionym)
- Species Janiopsis nanshaensis Xu, Huang & Lin, 2009 accepted as Merga nanshaensis (Xu, Huang & Lin, 2009) (basionym)
- Species Janiopsis unguliformis Xu, Huang & Lin, 2009 accepted as Merga unguliformis (Xu, Huang & Lin, 2009) (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bouillon, J. 1980. Hydromeduses de la Mer de Bismarck. (Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée). Partie 3: Anthomedusae - Filifera (Hydrozoa - Cnidaria). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 21: 307-344.
page(s): 328 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 328 [details] Available for editors
Status Janiopsis Bouillon, 1980 is preoccupied by Janiopsis Rovereto, 1899 [Gastropoda, Buccinidae; fossils]. The taxon, however,...
Status Janiopsis Bouillon, 1980 is preoccupied by Janiopsis Rovereto, 1899 [Gastropoda, Buccinidae; fossils]. The taxon, however, appears congeneric with Merga Hartlaub, 1914 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Janiopsis Bouillon, 1980. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267525 on 2026-08-16
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Bouillon, J. 1980. Hydromeduses de la Mer de Bismarck. (Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée). Partie 3: Anthomedusae - Filifera (Hydrozoa - Cnidaria). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 21: 307-344.
page(s): 328 [details] Available for editors
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
status source Schuchert, P. (2010). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 2. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 117: 337-555., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.117793
page(s): 338 [details]
page(s): 328 [details] Available for editors
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
status source Schuchert, P. (2010). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 2. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 117: 337-555., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.117793
page(s): 338 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Janiopsis Bouillon, 1980 is preoccupied by Janiopsis Rovereto, 1899 [Gastropoda, Buccinidae; fossils]. The taxon, however, appears congeneric with Merga Hartlaub, 1914 [details]
From editor or global species database
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