Neojaera expansa

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: Janiridae
Genus: Neojaera
Species: Neojaera expansa

Name

Neojaera expansa (Kensley, 1984)

Holotype: SAM A17841 - male
Type-locality: South Africa, 30°53'S, 30°31'E. Habitat: marine benthic, 850 m depth
Paratypes: SAM A17841 - female, A17842 - 2 females and 2 males, A17843 - 4 females, A17844 - 3 females, A17845 - 6 females and 3 males, A17846 - female and 3 juveniles, A17847 - 6 females and 3 males, USNM 189079 - 3 females and 3 males

Combinations

• Ianisera expansa Kensley, 1984
• Neojaera expansa, Wilson et Wägele, 1994

References

• Kensley, B. (1984) The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises. Part 15. Marine Isopoda of the 1977, 1978, 1979 cruises. Annals of the South African Museum 93 (4): 213–301.
• Wilson, G.D.F. & J.-W. Wägele (1994). Review of the family Janiridae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8 (3): 683–747.