Eurycope gaussi

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 gaussi

Name

Eurycope gaussi Wolff, 1956

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-6528 - male
Type-locality: Southern Ocean; 66°02’S 89°38’E. Habitat: marine benthic, 385 m depth
Paratypes: none

Descriptions

• Wolff, 1956

Distribution

Found near the coasts of the Indian Ocean sector of Antarctic (Wolff, 1956).

Habitat

Marine benthic species, found at a depth of 385 m (Wolff, 1956).

References

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