Munneurycope menziesi

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: Munnopsididae
Subfamilia: incertae subfamiliae
Genus: Munneurycope
Species: Munneurycope menziesi

Name

Munneurycope menziesi Wolff, 1962

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-7243 - female
Type-locality: Kermadec Trench; 32°10’S 177°14’W. Habitat: marine, 6960-7000 m depth
Paratypes: none

Descriptions

• Wolff, 1956 (as Eurycope nodifrons)
• Wolff, 1962

Distribution

Kermadec Trench (Wolff, 1956, 1962).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine species, found at a depth of 6960-7000 m on brown clay with pumice (Wolff, 1956, 1962).

References

• Crustacea collection at ZMUC
• Wolff, T. (1956). Isopoda from depths exceeding 6000 meters. Galathea Report 2: 85–157.
• Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. Galathea Report 6: 7–320, pl. i-xix.