Carpias algicola

Taxonavigation

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: Janiridae
Genus: Carpias
Species: Carpias algicola

Name

Carpias algicola (Miller, 1941)

Holotype: BPBM 5053 - male
Type-locality: Waikiki, O'ahu, Hawaii Isles. Habitat: marine benthic, shallow water
Paratypes: ?

Combinations

Janira algicola Miller, 1941
Bagatus algicola, Pillai, 1954
Carpias algicola, Kensley & Schotte, 1989

Synonyms

Bagatus longimanus Pillai, 1954: by Pires, 1982

Distribution

Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys, Hawaii, Indian Ocean (Pillai, 1954, Pires, 1982, Kensley & Schotte, 1989, 2002).

Habitat

Shallow-water marine benthic species: from intertidal to 8 m depth (Kensley & Schotte, 1989, 2002). Inhabits algae, seagrasses, surface of mangrove roots (Markham et al, 1990).

References

Kensley, B. & M. Schotte (1989). Guide to the marine isopod crustaceans of the Caribbean. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., and London, 308 pp.
Kensley, B. & M. Schotte (2002). New species and records of Asellota from the Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda). Journal of Natural History 36 (12): 1421–1461.
Markham, J.C., F.E. Donath-Hernándes, J.L. Villalobos-Hiriart & A.C. Díaz-Barriga (1990). Notes on the shallow-water marine crustacea of the Caribbean coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Anales Inst Biol Univ Nac Autón México, Ser Zool 61 (3): 405–446.
Miller, M.A. (1941). The isopod Crustacea of the Hawaiian Islands. II. Asellota. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 16 {13): 305–320.
Pillai, N.K. (1954). A preliminary note on the Tanaidacea and Isopoda of Travancore. Bulletin of the Central Research Institute of the University of Travancore, Trivandrum, Natural Sciences 3 (1): 1–27.
Pires, A.M.S. (1982). Taxonomic revision of Bagatus (Isopoda, Asellota) with a discussion of ontogenetic polymorphism in males. Journal of Natural History 16: 227–229.