Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Janiroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Ischnomesidae
Genus: Ischnomesus
Species: Ischnomesus birsteini
Name
Ischnomesus birsteini Wolff, 1962
Holotype: ZMUC CRU-5833 - female
Type-locality: Kermadec Trench, NE of New Zealand; 36°31’S 178°38’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 4410 m depth
Paratypes: none
Descriptions
- Wolff, 1956 (as "Ischnomesus sp.")
- Wolff, 1962
Distribution
Found in the Kermadec Trench (Wolff, 1962).
Habitat
Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at a depth of 4410 m on brown sandy clay with pumice (Wolff, 1962).
References
- Crustacea collection at ZMUC
- 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.