Halacarsantia acuta

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: Santiidae
Genus: Halacarsantia
Species: Halacarsantia acuta

Name

• Halacarsantia acuta Shimomura & Bruce, 2012: figs 1-3

Holotype: MTQ W34048, ♀, 23 November 2009, coll. N. L. Bruce & K. Schnabel.

Type locality: Wistari Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 23°27.257’S, 151°52.840’E, northern side of reef, rubble on bommie, 3 m, stn HI09-084F.

Etymology: The species is named after the apically acute maxilliped epipod.

References

• Shimomura, M.; Bruce, N.L. 2012: A new species of Halacarsantia Wolff, 1989 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota, Santiidae) from Wistari Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. ZooKeys 173: 1-9. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.173.2314 .