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
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Subordo: Asellota
Superfamilia: Janiroidea

Familia: Janiridae
Genus: incerti generis
Species: Janira operculata

Name

"Janira" operculata Wolff, 1962

Holotype: ZMUC 7633 - female
Type-locality: Gulf of Panama; 5°49' N, 78°52' W. Habitat: marine benthic, 3270-3670 m depth, in a waterlogged tree trunk
Paratypes: none

Species status

  • Janira: Wolff, 1962
  • Species incertae sedis: Wilson et Wägele, 1994

Distribution

Found in the Gulf of Panama (Wolff, 1962).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at a depth of 3270-3670 m depth in a waterlogged tree trunk (Wolff, 1962).

References

  • Crustacea collection at ZMUC
  • Wilson, G.D.F. & J.-W. Wägele (1994). Review of the family Janiridae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8 (3): 683–747.
  • Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. Galathea Report 6: 7–320, pl. i-xix.
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