Santia hofsteni

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: Santiidae
Genus: Santia
Species: Santia hofsteni

Name

Santia hofsteni (Nordenstam, 1933)

Syntypes: NHRM - female and male
Type-locality: South Georgia, Subantarctic. Habitat: marine benthic, lower intertidal

Combinations

• Antias hofsteni Nordenstam, 1933 (Antias: nom. preocc.)
• Santia hofsteni, Sivertsen et Holthuis, 1980

Descriptions

• Nordenstam, 1933
• Kensley, 1976

Distribution

Subantarctic: Amsterdam Isl and South Georgia (Nordenstam, 1933, Kensley, 1976, 1989).

Habitat

Shallow-water marine benthic species, found from intertidal to 90 m depth on algae (Nordenstam, 1933, Kensley, 1989).

References

• Kensley, B. (1976). Isopodan and Tanaidacean Crustacea from the St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands, Southern Indian Ocean. Annals of the South African Museum 69: 261–323.*Kensley, B. (1989). Marine isopod crustaceans from the St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands, southern Indian Ocean. Bull Mus Natl Hist Nat 4e Ser 11: 147–164.
• 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.
• Sivertsen, E. & Holthuis, L.B. (1980). The marine isopod Crustacea of the Tristan da Cunha Archipelago. Gunneria 35: 1–128.