Mixomesus pellucidus

Taxonavigation

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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: Ischnomesidae
Genus: Mixomesus
Species: Mixomesus pellucidus

Name

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Mixomesus pellucidus Wolff, 1962

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-7752 - female
Type-locality: Tasman Sea; 42°10’S 170°10’E. Habitat: marine benthic, 610 m depth
Paratypes: none

Descriptions

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  • Wolff, 1962

Distribution

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Found in the Tasman Sea (Wolff, 1962).

Habitat

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Marine benthic species, found at a depth of 610 m on Globigerina ooze (Wolff, 1962).

References

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  • Crustacea collection at ZMUC
  • Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. Galathea Report 6: 7–320, pl. i-xix.