Jaera caspica

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: Janiridae
Genus: Jaera
Species: Jaera caspica

Name

Jaera caspica Kesselyák, 1938

Syntypes: females and males; deposition unknown: probably in Budapest
Type-locality: Middle Caspian Sea (42°46’N 51°59’E). Habitat: brackish-water benthic

Combinations

Jaera Sarsi caspica Kesselyák, 1938
Jaera caspica: Veuille, 1979

Synonyms

Jaёra sarsi caspia: Kothé, 1968 (unjust. emend.)

Descriptions

Sars, 1897
Kesselyák, 1938
Birstein, 1951
Veuille, 1979

Distribution

Middle and Southern Caspian Sea (Sars, 1897, Kesselyák, 1938, Birstein, 1951, Veuille, 1979).

Habitat

Brackish-water benthic species, found in shallow waters not deeper than 60 m of salinities 11–13 ‰ (Birstein, 1951).

References

Birstein, J.A. (1951). Freshwater Isopods (Asellota). Fauna of USSR 7 (5): 1–142. [Бирштейн, Я.А. (1951). Пресноводные ослики (Asellota). Фауна СССР 7 (5) : 1–142.]
Kesselyák, A. (1938). Die Arten der Gattung Jaera Leach (Isopoda, Asellota). Zool Jahrb Abt Syst Ökol Geogr Tiere 71: 219–251.
Kothé, P. (1968). Hypania invalida (Polychaeta sedentaria) und Jaera sarsi (Isopoda) erstmals in der deutschen Donau. Arch Hydrobiol 34 (1-2): 88–114.
Sars, G.O. (1897). On some additional Crustacea from the Caspian Sea. Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences, St Petersburg 2: 273–305.
Veuille, M. 1979. L'évolution du genre Jaera Leach (Isopodes: Asellotes) et ses rapports avec l'histoire de la Méditerranée. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 49(2): 195–217. DOI: 10.1163/26660644-04902002 Internet Archive Reference page.