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: Munnidae
Genus: Munna
Species: Munna affinis

Name

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Munna affinis Nordenstam, 1933

Syntypes: NHRM 784, 785 - female and male
Type-locality: South Georgia, mouth of Grytviken; 54°22’S 36°28’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 12-15 m depth

Descriptions

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  • Nordenstam, 1933
  • Teodorczyk & Wägele, 1994

Distribution

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South Georgia (Subantarctic) (Nordenstam, 1933, Teodorczyk & Wägele, 1994).

Habitat

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Shallow-water marine benthic species, found at a depth of 12-15 m on sand and algae (Nordenstam, 1933).

References

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  • Nordenstam, Å. (1933). Marine Isopoda of the families Serolidae, Idotheidae, Pseudidotheidae, Arcturidae, Parasellidae and Stenetriidae mainly from the South Atlantic. Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901–1903, Further Zoological Results 3 (1): 284 pp., 2 pl.
  • Teodorczyk, W. & Wägele, J.-W. (1994). On Antarctic species of the genus Munna Krøyer, 1839 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota, Munnidae). Bull Mus Natl Hist Nat 4e Ser 16 (A, 1): 111–201.