Eurycope galatheae

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: Munnopsididae
Subfamilia: Eurycopinae
Genus: Eurycope
Species: Eurycope galatheae

Name

Eurycope galatheae Wolff, 1956

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-6506 - male
Type-locality: Kermadec Trench, NE of New Zealand; 32°10’S 177°14’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 6960-7000 m depth
Paratypes: none?

Descriptions

• Wolff, 1956

Distribution

Found in the Kermadec Trench (Wolff, 1956).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at a depth of 6960-7000 m on brown clay with pumice (Wolff, 1956, 1962).

References

• Crustacea collection at ZMUC
• Wolff T. (1956). Isopoda from depths exceeding 6000 meters. Galathea Report 2: 85–157.