RAMS name details
Liothyrella antarctica (Blochmann, 1906)
235455 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235455)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Blochmann, F. (1906). Neue Brachiopoden der Valdivia- und Gaußexpedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 30(21-23) :690–702, 3 fig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30259392 [details]
Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Liothyrella antarctica (Blochmann, 1906). Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235455 on 2026-04-02
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Liothyrella antarctica (Blochmann, 1906). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235455 on 2026-04-02
original description
(of ) Blochmann, F. (1906). Neue Brachiopoden der Valdivia- und Gaußexpedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 30(21-23) :690–702, 3 fig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30259392 [details]
taxonomy source 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.
note: Moves species from Liothyrina to Liothyrella. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [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
additional source Thomson, J. A. (1927). Brachiopod morphology and genera (recent and Tertiary). <em>New Zealand Board of Science and Art, Manual.</em> 7:338 p., 103 fig., 2 pl.
note: As Liothyrella antarctica. [details]
additional source Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 57(2314), 261-377., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15121/USNMP-57_2314_1920.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
note: Dall (1920) moves species from Liothyrella to Gryphus. Change not recognized by later researchers (e.g., Foster, 1974) which retained species in Liothyrella. [details]
source of synonymy 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: Places species (L. antarctica) under synonymy of Liothyrella uva as the subspecies L. uva antarctica. [details]
new combination reference Jackson J. W., 1912. The Brachiopoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902 to 1904). VI. The Brachiopoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Rep. Sci. Voyage Scotia 1902-1904, Edinb. , 6 (6), 141-168, ou Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburg,, available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s008045680000291x
note: Moves species from Liothyrina to Liothyrella (as does Thomson, 1918) [details]
taxonomy source 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.
note: Moves species from Liothyrina to Liothyrella. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [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
additional source Thomson, J. A. (1927). Brachiopod morphology and genera (recent and Tertiary). <em>New Zealand Board of Science and Art, Manual.</em> 7:338 p., 103 fig., 2 pl.
note: As Liothyrella antarctica. [details]
additional source Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 57(2314), 261-377., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15121/USNMP-57_2314_1920.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
note: Dall (1920) moves species from Liothyrella to Gryphus. Change not recognized by later researchers (e.g., Foster, 1974) which retained species in Liothyrella. [details]
source of synonymy 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: Places species (L. antarctica) under synonymy of Liothyrella uva as the subspecies L. uva antarctica. [details]
new combination reference Jackson J. W., 1912. The Brachiopoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902 to 1904). VI. The Brachiopoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Rep. Sci. Voyage Scotia 1902-1904, Edinb. , 6 (6), 141-168, ou Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburg,, available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s008045680000291x
note: Moves species from Liothyrina to Liothyrella (as does Thomson, 1918) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 422755 Liothyrella antarctica - brachial valve)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 422755 Liothyrella antarctica - pedicale valve)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 422755 Liothyrella antarctica - pedicale valve)
From editor or global species database
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