Andhracoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phreatoicidea
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: Phreatoicidea

Familia: Hypsimetopidae
Genus: Andhracoides
Species (2): A. shabuddin – A. gebaueri

Name

• Andhracoides Wilson & Reddy, 2011
  • Gender: masculine
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Andhracoides shabuddin Wilson & Reddy, 2011
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 41] [and monotypy]

References

• Wilson, G.D.F.; Reddy, Y.R. 2011: Andhracoides shabuddin gen. nov., sp. nov., a new phreatoicidean isopod (Crustacea, Hypsimetopidae) from hypogean aquatic habitats in Andhra Pradesh, India. Zootaxa, 2869: 37–53. Preview PDF

• Wilson, G.D.F.; Shabuddin, Shaik.;Reddy, Y.R. 2015: Andhracoides gebaueri sp. nov., A NEW SPECIES OF ANDHRACOIDES WILSON AND RANGA REDDY, 2011 (ISOPODA: HYPSIMETOPIDAE) FROM BELUM CAVE, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, WITH A PHYLOGENETIC REVIEW OF THE FAMILY. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 35(2), 216-240, 2015.

Etymology

The new species is named for Mr. Shabuddin Shaik, an enthusiastic M. Sc. (Zoology) student at Acharya Nagarjuna University during 2008–2010, who collected the first sample of this species. The name is proposed here as a noun in apposition to the generic name.