Storthyngurella benti

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: Storthyngurinae
Genus: Storthyngurella
Species: Storthyngurella benti

Name edit

Storthyngurella benti (Wolff, 1956)

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-5804 - female
Type-locality: Kermadec Trench, NE of New Zealand; 32°10’S 177°14’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 6960-7000 m depth
Paratypes: none?

Combinations edit

Descriptions edit

  • Wolff, 1956

Distribution edit

Found in the Kermadec Trench (Wolff, 1956, 1962).

Habitat edit

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at depths of 5230-7000 m. The substrates were brown clay with pumice or brown sand with clay and stones (Wolff, 1956, 1962).

References edit

  • Crustacea collection at ZMUC
  • Malyutina, M.V. (1999). Storthyngurella, new genus of Munnopsidae (Crustacea: Isopoda), with descriptions of three new species from deep-sea basins of the southern hemisphere. Mem Mus Victoria 57: 267–285.
  • 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.