Apseudes quasimodo

Taxonavigation

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

• 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.

References

• Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, M. & Bamber, R.N. 2012. The shallow-water Tanaidacea (Arthropoda: Malacostraca: Peracarida) of the Bass Strait, Victoria, Australia (other than the Tanaidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 69: 1–235. BHL. Reference page.