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: Macrostylidae
Genus: Macrostylis
Species: Macrostylis belyaevi

Name

Macrostylis belyaevi Mezhov, 1989

Holotype: MZUM Mc № 1108 - male
Type-locality: Volcano Trench, Pacific Ocean; 23°52.5' N 143°59.5' E. Habitat: marine benthic, 8530-8540 m depth
Paratypes: MZUM Mc № 1109 - 2 females and 1 broken specimen, Mc № 1110 - 1 female

Distribution

Caught only from Volcano Trench, Pacific Ocean (Mezhov, 1989).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine species, found at hadal depths (8540-8780 m). Substrates: silt with pumice fragments (Mezhov, 1989).

References

  • Mezhov, B.V. (1989). Two new species Macrostylis (Isopoda, Macrostylidae) from the trenches of the Pacific Ocean and comments on the morphology of M. galatheae. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 68 (8): 33–40.
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