Boreosignum somersensis

Taxonavigation edit

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: Paramunnidae
Genus: Boreosignum
Species: Boreosignum somersensis

Name edit

Boreosignum somersensis (Kensley, 1994)

Holotype: USNM 243587 - male
Type-locality: Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda, Red Bay Cave. Habitat: marine benthic
Paratypes: USNM 243588 - 4 females, 1 male and 1 juvenile

Combinations edit

References edit

  • Just, J. & G.D.F. Wilson (2007). Revision of Austrosignum Hodgson and Munnogonium George & Strömberg (Paramunnidae) with descriptions of eight new genera and two new species, (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). Zootaxa 1515: 1–29.
  • Kensley, B. (1994). Records of shallow-water marine isopods from Bermuda with descriptions of four new species. Journal of Crustacean Biology 14 (2): 319–336.