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Janiopsis Bouillon, 1980 
AphiaID: 267525

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Pandeidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Janiopsis Bouillon, 1980 preoccupied by Janiopsis Rovereto, 1899 [Gastropoda, Buccinidae; fossils])
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Merga Hartlaub, 1914
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Merga costata (Bouillon, 1980)
Parent Pandeidae Haeckel, 1879
Source  basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Species Janiopsis apicispottis Xu, Huang & Lin, 2009 accepted as Merga apicispottis (Xu, Huang & Lin, 2009)
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)
Species Janiopsis macrobulbosa Xu, Huang & Guo, 2009 accepted as Merga macrobulbosa (Xu, Huang & Guo, 2009)
Species Janiopsis nanshaensis Xu, Huang & Lin, 2009 accepted as Merga nanshaensi (Xu, Huang & Lin, 2009)
Species Janiopsis nguliformis Xu , Huang & Lin, 2009 accepted as Merga unguliformis (Xu, Huang & Lin, 2009)
Species Janiopsis unguliformis Xu , Huang & Lin, 2009 accepted as Merga unguliformis (Xu, Huang & Lin, 2009)
Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  Status: Janiopsis Bouillon, 1980 is preoccupied by Janiopsis Rovereto, 1899 [Gastropoda, Buccinidae; fossils]. The taxon, however, appears congeneric with Merga Hartlaub, 1914 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267525
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-14 11:18:07Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-01-19 12:09:11Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
2010-01-19 13:49:18Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Janiopsis Bouillon, 1980. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267525 on 2013-06-18
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