Katianira

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: Katianiridae
Genus: Katianira
Species: K. acarina – K. bilobata – K. chelifera – K. platyura – K. setifera

Name

Katianira Hansen, 1916

• Type species: Katianira chelifera Hansen, 1916

Synonyms

• Abyssijaera Menzies, 1962: by Svavarsson, 1987
• Janthurella Kussakin, 1982: by Svavarsson, 1987
• Chandra George, 2004: by Shimomura et Akiyama, 2006

References

• Hansen, H.J. (1916). Crustacea Malacostraca III. Isopoda. Danish Ingolf Expedition 3: 1–262, pl. i-xvi.
• Shimomura, M. & T. Akiyama (2006). A new species of the deep-sea isopod genus Katianira Hansen, 1916 (Crustacea: Asellota: Katianiridae) from the Kumano Basin, Japan. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119 (4): 576–585.
• Svavarsson, J. (1987). Reevaluation of Katianira in Arctic waters and erection of a new family, Katianiridae (Isopoda: Asellota). Journal of Crustacean Biology 7 (4): 704–720.