Eurycope gibberifrons

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Janiroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Subordo: Asellota
Superfamilia: Janiroidea

Familia: Munnopsididae
Subfamilia: incertae subfamiliae
Genus: incerti generis
Species: Eurycope gibberifrons

Name

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"Eurycope" gibberifrons Wolff, 1962

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-6536 - male
Type-locality: off New Zealand; 37°31’S 177°08’E. Habitat: marine benthic, 213 m depth
Paratypes: none

Status

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  • In Eurycope: Wolff, 1962
  • Incertae sedis: Wilson et Hessler, 1981

Descriptions

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  • Wolff, 1962

Distribution

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Off New Zealand (Wolff, 1962).

Habitat

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Marine benthic species, found at a depth of 213 m on black sand (Wolff, 1962).

References

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  • Wilson, G.D. & Hessler, R.R. (1981). A revision of the genus Eurycope (Isopoda, Asellota) with descriptions of three new genera. Journal of Crustacean Biology 1 (3): 401–423.
  • Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. Galathea Report 6: 7–320, pl. i-xix.