Macrostylis obscurus

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: Macrostylidae
Genus: Macrostylis
Species: Macrostylis obscurus

Name

• Macrostylis obscurus (Brandt, 1992)
  • Authority for current placement: Riehl & Brandt, 2010: 43 ('comb. n.')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original combination: Desmostylis obscurus
  • Primary type: Holotype: BM 1990:39:1 - female
  • Type locality: Southern Ocean, Weddell Sea, West Maud Rise; 65°10.5’S 000°27.4’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 4335 m depth

References

• Brandt, A. 1992. New Asellota from the Antarctic deep sea (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota), with descriptions of two new genera. Zoologica Scripta 21(1): 57-78. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1992.tb00310.x . Reference page. 
• Riehl, T. & Brandt, A. 2010. Descriptions of two new species in the genus Macrostylis Sars, 1864 (Isopoda, Asellota, Macrostylidae) from the Weddell Sea (Southern Ocean), with a synonymisation of the genus Desmostylis Brandt, 1992 with Macrostylis. ZooKeys 57: 9–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.57.310 .Reference page. 

Links

• Macrostylis obscurus in the World List of Marine Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans