WoRMS name details
Watasea Ishikawa, 1913
1885362 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1885362)
unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of Watasea Jordan & Snyder, 1901; Watasenia is a replacement name)
Genus
Abraliopsis scintillans S. S. Berry, 1911 accepted as Watasenia scintillans (S. S. Berry, 1911) (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Ishikawa, C. (1913). Einige Bemerkungen über den leuchtenden Tintenfisch, <i>Watasea</i> nov. gen. (<i>Abraliopsis</i> der Autoren) <i>scintillans</i> Berry, aus Japan. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 43(4): 162-177., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30145055
page(s): 162 [details]
page(s): 162 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Watasea Ishikawa, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1885362 on 2026-06-01
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Ishikawa, C. (1913). Einige Bemerkungen über den leuchtenden Tintenfisch, <i>Watasea</i> nov. gen. (<i>Abraliopsis</i> der Autoren) <i>scintillans</i> Berry, aus Japan. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 43(4): 162-177., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30145055
page(s): 162 [details]
page(s): 162 [details]
