Paropsurus giganteus

Taxonavigation

edit
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: Bathyopsurinae
Genus: Paropsurus
Species: Paropsurus giganteus

Name

edit

Paropsurus giganteus Wolff, 1962

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-6545 - male
Type-locality: E Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica; 9°23’N 89°32’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 3570 m depth
Paratypes: none?

Descriptions

edit
  • Wolff, 1962

Distribution

edit

Pacific Ocean (found off Costa Rica and in the Tasman Sea) (Wolff, 1962).

Habitat

edit

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at depths of 3570-4400 m on dark muddish clay or Globigerina ooze (Wolff, 1962).

References

edit
  • 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.