Apseudes quasimodo

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Paratanaoidea 

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: Tanaidacea
Subordo: Tanaidomorpha
Superfamilia: Paratanaoidea

Familia: Typhlotanaidae
Genus: Antiplotanais
Species: Apseudes quasimodo

Name

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  • Apseudes quasimodo Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2012: 4, figs 3–5
Holotype: Museum Victoria (Melbourne, Australia), (Registration no, J58462), ♀, February 1991, coarse sand, coll. N. Coleman, Smith-McIntyre grab.
Type locality: Eastern Bass Strait, Stn MSL-EG 95, 37º51.70'S 148º14.60'E, 37 m depth.
Etymology: Named after Quasimodo, a central character from French author Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel Notre Dame de Paris, who also had a distinctive dorsal hump.

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