Macrostylis belyaevi

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: Macrostylidae
Genus: Macrostylis
Species: Macrostylis belyaevi

Name

Macrostylis belyaevi Mezhov, 1989

Holotype: MZUM Mc № 1108 - male
Type-locality: Volcano Trench, Pacific Ocean; 23°52.5' N 143°59.5' E. Habitat: marine benthic, 8530-8540 m depth
Paratypes: MZUM Mc № 1109 - 2 females and 1 broken specimen, Mc № 1110 - 1 female

Distribution

Caught only from Volcano Trench, Pacific Ocean (Mezhov, 1989).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine species, found at hadal depths (8540-8780 m). Substrates: silt with pumice fragments (Mezhov, 1989).

References

• Mezhov, B.V. (1989). Two new species Macrostylis (Isopoda, Macrostylidae) from the trenches of the Pacific Ocean and comments on the morphology of M. galatheae. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 68 (8): 33–40.