Vermectias nelladanae

Taxonavigation

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
Familia: Vermectiadidae
Genus: Vermectias
Species: Vermectias nelladanae

Name

Vermectias nelladanae Just & Poore, 1992

Holotype: NMV J21588 - male
Type-locality: Macquarie Isl, Green Gorge; 54°38’S 158°55’E. Habitat: marine benthic, intertidal pool
Paratypes: NMV J21589 - female, J22075 - female, J21590 - manca, J21591 - male and 2 females, J21592 - male, J21593 - 60 males, 46 females and 40 mancas, J21594 - 9 specimens, J21595 - 10 males and 8 females, J21596 - 2 males and 3 females, AM P40615 - 5 males and 8 females, ZMUC - 5 males and 8 females, USNM - 5 males and 8 females

Descriptions

• Kussakin, 1967 (as "Asellota gen. sp. № 2") - light microscopy: morphology
• Just & Poore, 1992 - light microscopy: morphology and anatomy

Distribution

Macquarie Isl, Subantarctic (Kussakin, 1967, Just & Poore, 1992).

Habitat

Shallow-water marine benthic species. Found in the intertidal zone on algae (Just & Poore, 1992).

References

• Just, J. & Poore, G.C.B. (1992). Vermectiadidae, a new primitive asellote isopod family with important phylogenetic implications. Journal of Crustacean Biology 12: 125–144. DOI: 10.2307/1548727 JSTOR
• Кусакин, О.Г. (1967). К фауне Isopoda и Tanaidacea шельфовых зон антарктических и субантарктических вод. Результаты Биологических Исследований Советской Антарктической Экспедиции (1955-1958 гг.) 3: 220–380. [Kussakin, O.G. (1967). Fauna of Isopoda and Tanaidacea in the coastal zones of the Antarctic and subantarctic water. Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) 3: 220–380.]