Aegapheles mahana

Aegapheles mahana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cymothooidea

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 Cladus: Scutocoxifera Subordo: Cymothoida Superfamilia: Cymothooidea

Familia: Aegidae
Genus: Aegapheles
Species: Aegapheles mahana

Name

Aegapheles mahana Bruce, 2009

Type locality: Rumble V Sea Mount, New Zealand, 36.139667°S 178.196167°E / -36.139667; 178.196167. Depth 603–365 m.

Holotype: NIWA 17939.

Paratypes: NIWA 17940; NIWA 17941.

Synonymy

• Aegapheles mahana Bruce, 2009: 75–79, figs. 39–41; — van der Wal & Haug, 2023: 4–6, fig. 2.

References

• Bruce, N.L. 2009. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 122: 1–252. PDF.Reference page. 
• van der Wal, S. & Haug, J.T. 2023. Reconstructing the life cycle of the isopodan group Aegidae with morphological descriptions and the importance of immature stages. Nauplius. 31: e2023007. DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2023007 . Reference page.