WoRMS taxon details
Novocrania lecointei (Joubin, 1901)
235390 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235390)
accepted
Species
Crania antarcticaensis Hatai, 1965 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crania joubini Thomson, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crania lecointei Joubin, 1901 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Crania patagonica Dall, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crania valdiviae Helmcke, 1940 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Neocrania lecointei (Joubin, 1901) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Neocrania valdiviae (Helmcke, 1940) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Novocrania valdiviae (Helmcke, 1940) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Crania lecointei Joubin, 1901) Joubin, L. (1901). Brachiopodes. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica, 1897-1898-1899, sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. <em>Rapports Scientifiques publiés au frais du Gouvernement Belge sous la direction de la Commission de la Belgica–Zoologie, vol. 7–9. J.-E. Buschmann. Anvers.</em> p. 1–12, pl. 1–2., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2170 [details]
Stratigraphy Fossil specimens of this species occur in the mid-Eocene and Oligocene.
Stratigraphy Fossil specimens of this species occur in the mid-Eocene and Oligocene. [details]
Verhoeff, T. (2026). World Brachiopoda Database. Novocrania lecointei (Joubin, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235390 on 2026-09-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Crania patagonica Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American in the U. S. National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 24 (1264): 499-566, pls 27-40., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782353 [details]
original description (of Crania antarcticaensis Hatai, 1965) Hatai, K. (1965). On a species of Crania (Brachiopoda) from Antarctica. <em>Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) scientific Reports, series E.</em> 26, 1-4 (1 Pl.). [details]
original description (of Crania valdiviae Helmcke, 1940) Helmcke, J. G. (1940). Die Brachiopoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia” 1898–1899, vol. 24, no. 3. G. Fischer Verlag. 1932–1940. Jena. p. 215–316, 40 fig.</em> [details]
original description (of Crania lecointei Joubin, 1901) Joubin, L. (1901). Brachiopodes. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica, 1897-1898-1899, sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. <em>Rapports Scientifiques publiés au frais du Gouvernement Belge sous la direction de la Commission de la Belgica–Zoologie, vol. 7–9. J.-E. Buschmann. Anvers.</em> p. 1–12, pl. 1–2., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2170 [details]
original description (of Crania joubini Thomson, 1918) Thomson, J. A. (1918). Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, Under the Leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson, D.Sc., B.E., Brachiopoda. <em>Scientific Reports (series C).</em> 4(3): 1-76, 4 pl. [details]
basis of record Macfarlan, D.A.B.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Campbell, H.J.; Cooper, R.A.; Lee, D.E.; MacKinnon, D.I.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Wright, A.J.; Robinson, J.H. (2009). Phylum Brachiopoda: lamp shells, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 255-267. [details]
new combination reference Lee, D.E.; Brunton, C.H.C. (2001). Novocrania, new name for the genus Neocrania Lee & Brunton, 1986 (Brachiopoda, Craniids); preoccupied by Neocrania Davis, 1978 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology).</em> 57(1): 5.
note: Moves species from Neocrania (an unavailable genus name) to Novocrania. [details]
original description (of Crania antarcticaensis Hatai, 1965) Hatai, K. (1965). On a species of Crania (Brachiopoda) from Antarctica. <em>Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) scientific Reports, series E.</em> 26, 1-4 (1 Pl.). [details]
original description (of Crania valdiviae Helmcke, 1940) Helmcke, J. G. (1940). Die Brachiopoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia” 1898–1899, vol. 24, no. 3. G. Fischer Verlag. 1932–1940. Jena. p. 215–316, 40 fig.</em> [details]
original description (of Crania lecointei Joubin, 1901) Joubin, L. (1901). Brachiopodes. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica, 1897-1898-1899, sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. <em>Rapports Scientifiques publiés au frais du Gouvernement Belge sous la direction de la Commission de la Belgica–Zoologie, vol. 7–9. J.-E. Buschmann. Anvers.</em> p. 1–12, pl. 1–2., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2170 [details]
original description (of Crania joubini Thomson, 1918) Thomson, J. A. (1918). Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, Under the Leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson, D.Sc., B.E., Brachiopoda. <em>Scientific Reports (series C).</em> 4(3): 1-76, 4 pl. [details]
basis of record Macfarlan, D.A.B.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Campbell, H.J.; Cooper, R.A.; Lee, D.E.; MacKinnon, D.I.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Wright, A.J.; Robinson, J.H. (2009). Phylum Brachiopoda: lamp shells, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 255-267. [details]
new combination reference Lee, D.E.; Brunton, C.H.C. (2001). Novocrania, new name for the genus Neocrania Lee & Brunton, 1986 (Brachiopoda, Craniids); preoccupied by Neocrania Davis, 1978 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology).</em> 57(1): 5.
note: Moves species from Neocrania (an unavailable genus name) to Novocrania. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Foster, M. W. (1974). Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic brachiopods. <em>American Geophysical Union, Antarctic Research Series.</em> 21:189 p., 39 fig., 25 pl.
note: Synonymized C. patagonica, C. joubini and C. antarcticaensis with Crania lecointei and noted that C. valdiviae might also be a synonym (but he didn't synonymize this last species). [details]
redescription 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
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note: Synonymized C. patagonica, C. joubini and C. antarcticaensis with Crania lecointei and noted that C. valdiviae might also be a synonym (but he didn't synonymize this last species). [details]
redescription 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
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Emig, C. C. (2017). Atlas of Antarctic and sub‐Antarctic Brachiopoda. <em>Carnets de Géologie, Madrid, CG2017_B03.</em> 93 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lee, D.E.; Brunton, C.H.C. (1986). Neocrania n. gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the Family Craniidae. <em>Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geol.).</em> 40(4): 141-160.
note: Moves species from Crania to Neocrania. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Robinson, J. H. (2017). Fossil craniid brachiopods (Craniata) of Australia and New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> 129(2): 7-30., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/rs17005
note: Describes fossil specimens from Eocene and Oligocene. [details]
additional source Emig, C. C. (2017). Atlas of Antarctic and sub‐Antarctic Brachiopoda. <em>Carnets de Géologie, Madrid, CG2017_B03.</em> 93 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lee, D.E.; Brunton, C.H.C. (1986). Neocrania n. gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the Family Craniidae. <em>Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geol.).</em> 40(4): 141-160.
note: Moves species from Crania to Neocrania. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Robinson, J. H. (2017). Fossil craniid brachiopods (Craniata) of Australia and New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> 129(2): 7-30., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/rs17005
note: Describes fossil specimens from Eocene and Oligocene. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Stratigraphy Fossil specimens of this species occur in the mid-Eocene and Oligocene. [details]
