Macrostylis tumulosa

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 tumulosa

Name

Macrostylis tumulosa Mezhov, 1989

Holotype: MZUM Mc № 1111 - female
Type-locality: Izu-Bonin Trench, Pacific Ocean; 29°17.5' N 142°53.5' E. Habitat: marine benthic, 8900 m depth
Paratypes: none

Distribution

Caught only from the Izu-Bonin Trench, Pacific Ocean (Mezhov, 1989).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at hadal depths (8900 m) (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.