Joeropsis intermedius

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: Joeropsididae
Genus: Joeropsis
Species: Joeropsis intermedius

Name

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Joeropsis intermedius Nordenstam, 1933

Syntypes: NHRM - female and male
Type-locality: off the coast of North Argentina; 37°50’S 56°11’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 100 m depth

Descriptions

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  • Nordenstam, 1933
  • Menzies, 1962

Distribution

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Atlantic coasts S America from N Argentina to S Chile and Magellan Strait; Subantarctic islands: S Shetlands, Falkland, Crozet, Kerguelen (Nordenstam, 1933, Menzies, 1962, Menzies & Schultz, 1968, Kussakin & Vasina, 1980, Brandt, 1991, Castelló, 2004).

Habitat

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Marine benthic species, found at depths of 3–640 m on different substrates (Nordenstam, 1933, Menzies, 1962, Menzies & Schultz, 1968, Kussakin & Vasina, 1980, Doti et al, 2005).

References

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  • Brandt, A. (1991). Zur Besiedlungsgeschichte des antarktischen Schelfes am Beispiel der Isopoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca). Ber Polarforsch 98: i–iv, 1–240.
  • Castelló, J. (2004). Isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Spanish ‘‘Bentart-94/95’’ expeditions to the South Shetland Islands (sub-Antarctic). Polar Biol 28: 1–14.
  • Doti, B.L., Roccatagliata, D & Zelaya, D.G. (2005). The shallow-water Asellota (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Beagle Channel: Preliminary taxonomic and zoogeographical results. Scientia Marina 69 (Suppl. 2): 159–166.
  • Kussakin, O.G. & Vasina, G.S. (1980). Additions to the marine Isopoda and Gnathiida of Kerguelen Islands (Southern Indian Ocean). Tethys 9 (4): 355–369.
  • Menzies, R.J. (1962). The zoogeography, ecology, and systematics of the Chilean marine isopods. Lunds Universitets Årrskrifter N.F. Avd. 2 57: 1–162.
  • Menzies, R.J. & Schultz, G.A. (1968). Antarctic isopod Crustacea. II. Families Haploniscidae, Acanthaspidiidae, and Jaeropsidae, with diagnoses of new genera and species. Antarctic Research Series 11: 141–184.
  • Nordenstam, Å. (1933). Marine Isopoda of the families Serolidae, Idotheidae, Pseudidotheidae, Arcturidae, Parasellidae and Stenetriidae mainly from the South Atlantic. Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901–1903, Further Zoological Results 3 (1): 1–284, pl i–ii.