Atlantasellus dominicanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asellota
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: Atlantasellidae
Genus: Atlantasellus
Species: Atlantasellus dominicanus

Name

Atlantasellus dominicanus Jaume, 2001

Holotype: MNCM - female
Type-locality: Dominican Republic, Pedernales Province, Oviedo, "Cueva de los Bolos". Habitat: benthos, freshwater layers of the sinkhole
Paratypes: MNCM 362 - 4 females

References

• Jaume, D. (2001). A new atlantasellid isopod (Asellota: Aselloidea) from the flooded coastal karst of the Dominican Republic (Hispaniola): evidence for an exopod on a thoracic limb and biogeographical implications. Journal of Zoology, London 255: 221–233.