WoRMS taxon details
Watasenia Ishikawa, 1914
341647 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341647)
accepted
Genus
Abraliopsis scintillans S. S. Berry, 1911 accepted as Watasenia scintillans (S. S. Berry, 1911) (type by monotypy)
Abraliopsis (Watasenia) Ishikawa, 1914 · unaccepted
Watasea Ishikawa, 1913 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Watasea Jordan & Snyder, 1901; Watasenia is a replacement name
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Ishikawa, C. (1914). [Berichtigung]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 43(7): 336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30145229 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Watasenia Ishikawa, 1914. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341647 on 2026-06-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Ishikawa, C. (1914). [Berichtigung]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 43(7): 336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30145229 [details]
original description (of Watasea Ishikawa, 1913) 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]
basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Enoploteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 183-200., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 198 [details]
original description (of Watasea Ishikawa, 1913) 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]
basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Enoploteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 183-200., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 198 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ホタルイカ属 | [details] |
