Jaera forsmani

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 forsmani

Name

Jaera forsmani Bocquet, 1950

Type-material: unknown, males only?
Type-locality: Roscoff environs. Habitat: marine benthic, intertidal

Descriptions

Bocquet, 1950
Bocquet, 1953

Distribution

Low boreal species, distributes on the British Isles, in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay (Bocquet, 1950, 1953, Naylor & Haahtela, 1966, De Grave & Holmes, 1998, Junoy & Castellό, 2003).

Habitat

Littoral marine benthic species. Peaks of densities are generally below mid tidal level. Stony substrates are preferred, but rarely occurs also on algae (Bocquet, 1953, Naylor & Haahtela, 1966, De Grave & Holmes, 1998).

References

Bocquet, C. (1950). Le problème taxonomique des Jaera marina (Fabr.) (= J. albifrons Leach). C R Acad Sc Paris 230: 132–134.
Bocquet, C. (1953). Recherches sur le polymorphisme naturel des Jaera marina (Fabr.) (Isopodes Asellotes). Essai de systématique évolutive. Arch Zool Exp Gén 90 (4): 187–450.
De Grave, S. & Holmes, J.M.C. (1998). The distribution of marine Isopoda (Crustacea) in Lough Hyne. Biol Env Proc R Irish Acad 98B (1): 23–30.
Junoy, J. & Castellό, J. (2003). Catálogo de las especies ibéricas y baleares de isópodos marinos (Crustacea: Isopoda). Bol Inst Esp Oceanogr 19: 293–325.
Naylor, E. & Haahtela, I. (1966). Habitat preferences and interspersion of species within the superspecies Jaera albifrons Leach (Crustacea: Isopoda). J Anim Ecol 35 (1): 209–216.

Links

Jaera forsmani in the World List of Marine Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans