Paropsurus giganteus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Janiroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Munnopsididae
Subfamilia: Bathyopsurinae
Genus: Paropsurus
Species: Paropsurus giganteus
Name
[edit]Paropsurus giganteus Wolff, 1962
Holotype: ZMUC CRU-6545 - male
Type-locality: E Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica; 9°23’N 89°32’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 3570 m depth
Paratypes: none?
Descriptions
[edit]- Wolff, 1962
Distribution
[edit]Pacific Ocean (found off Costa Rica and in the Tasman Sea) (Wolff, 1962).
Habitat
[edit]Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at depths of 3570-4400 m on dark muddish clay or Globigerina ooze (Wolff, 1962).
References
[edit]- Crustacea collection at ZMUC
- Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. Galathea Report 6: 7–320, pl. i-xix.