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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). (1995). Opinion 1807: Johnstonia Quatrefages, 1866 (Annelida, Polychaeta): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 52(2): 204-205.
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN)
1995
Opinion 1807: Johnstonia Quatrefages, 1866 (Annelida, Polychaeta): conserved
Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
52(2): 204-205
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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Under the plenary powers the name Johnstonia Quatrefages, 1849. and all uses of the name Johnstonia prior to the publication of Johnstonia Quatrefages, 1866 (January) are hereby suppressed for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy
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 Homonymy

As noted by Mackie & Gobin (1993) Quatrefages used Johnstonia twice in two different families, first Nereididae, ... [details]

 Taxonomy

nervous system only described and type cannot be found (fide Mackie & Gobin, 1994), thus nomen dubium. [details]