Ischnomesus birsteini

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: Ischnomesidae
Genus: Ischnomesus
Species: Ischnomesus birsteini

Name

Ischnomesus birsteini Wolff, 1962

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-5833 - female
Type-locality: Kermadec Trench, NE of New Zealand; 36°31’S 178°38’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 4410 m depth
Paratypes: none

Descriptions

• Wolff, 1956 (as "Ischnomesus sp.")
• Wolff, 1962

Distribution

Found in the Kermadec Trench (Wolff, 1962).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at a depth of 4410 m on brown sandy clay with pumice (Wolff, 1962).

References

• Crustacea collection at ZMUC
• Wolff, T. (1956). Isopoda from depths exceeding 6000 meters. Galathea Report 2: 85–157.
• Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. Galathea Report 6: 7–320, pl. i-xix.