Disconectes colemani

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: Munnopsididae
Subfamilia: Eurycopinae
Genus: Disconectes
Species: Disconectes colemani

Name edit

Disconectes colemani Brandt, 1992

Holotype: BM 1990:43:1 - female
Type-locality: Southern Ocean, Weddell Sea, Maud Rise; 65°10.5’S 000°27.4’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 4335 m depth, manganese nodules
Paratypes: none

Descriptions edit

  • Brandt, 1992: light microscopy

Distribution edit

Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean (Brandt, 1992).

Habitat edit

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at depth of 4335 m (Brandt, 1992).

References edit

  • 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.