Haimormus shimojiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paratanaoidea
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: Tanaidacea Subordo: Tanaidomorpha Superfamilia: Paratanaoidea

Familia: Pseudozeuxidae
Genus: Haimormus
Species: Haimormus shimojiensis

Name

Haimormus shimojiensis Kakui & Fujita, 2018

Type locality: Shimoji-jima Island, Miyako Island Group, southwestern Japan.

Holotype: Female with developing oostegites, NSMT-Cr 26836 (BL 1.21 mm, CW 0.16 mm), six slides and one vial; “Akuma-no-Yakata (Devil’s Hole),” Shimoji-jima Island, Miyako Island Group, southwestern Japan, Northwestern Pacific Ocean (24°49′22.51″N, 125°08′07.84″E), 18 m depth, mud, 1.ix.2017, collected by Y. Fujita.

Paratype: Female, NSMT-Cr 26837 (BL 1.04 mm, CW 0.14 mm), one SEM stub, one slide and one vial; female with developed oostegites, RUMF-ZC-6004 (BL 1.17 mm, CW 0.14 mm), three slides and one vial; same locality as holotype.

Distribution: only from the type locality.

ZooBank: 916C8C7C-5C81-43AF-9694-E7E7A372FA0C

References

Primary references

Kakui, K., Fujita, Y. 2018. Haimormus shimojiensis, a new genus and species of Pseudozeuxidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from a submarine limestone cave in Northwestern Pacific. PeerJ. 6: e4720. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4720 Reference page. [See p. 5-10, figs. 2-6; original description]

Links

Haimormus shimojiensis in the World Register of Marine Species

BHL bibliography
Haimormus shimojiensis – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Haimormus shimojiensis.
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