Munna affinis

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: Munnidae
Genus: Munna
Species: Munna affinis

Name

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

• Nordenstam, 1933
• Teodorczyk & Wägele, 1994

Distribution

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

Habitat

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

References

• 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.