Eurycope gibberifrons

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 Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Isopoda Subordo: Asellota Superfamilia: Janiroidea

Familia: Munnopsididae
Subfamilia: incertae subfamiliae
Genus: incerti generis
Species: Eurycope gibberifrons

Name

"Eurycope" gibberifrons Wolff, 1962

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-6536 - male
Type-locality: off New Zealand; 37°31’S 177°08’E. Habitat: marine benthic, 213 m depth
Paratypes: none

Status

• In Eurycope: Wolff, 1962
• Incertae sedis: Wilson et Hessler, 1981

Descriptions

• Wolff, 1962

Distribution

Off New Zealand (Wolff, 1962).

Habitat

Marine benthic species, found at a depth of 213 m on black sand (Wolff, 1962).

References

• Wilson, G.D. & Hessler, R.R. (1981). A revision of the genus Eurycope (Isopoda, Asellota) with descriptions of three new genera. Journal of Crustacean Biology 1 (3): 401–423.
• Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. Galathea Report 6: 7–320, pl. i-xix.