Storthyngurella benti

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: Storthyngurinae
Genus: Storthyngurella
Species: Storthyngurella benti

Name

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

• Storthyngura benti Wolff, 1956
• Storthyngurella benti, Malyutina, 1999

Descriptions

• Wolff, 1956

Distribution

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

Habitat

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

• 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.