Disconectes madseni

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Isopoda Subordo: Asellota Superfamilia: Janiroidea

Familia: Munnopsididae
Subfamilia: Eurycopinae
Genus: Disconectes
Species: Disconectes madseni

Name

Disconectes madseni (Wolff, 1956)

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-7179 - male
Type-locality: Kermadec Trench, NE of New Zealand; 32°10’S 177°14’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 6960-7000 m depth
Paratypes: none

Combinations

• Eurycope madseni Wolff, 1956
• Disconectes madseni, Wilson & Hessler, 1981

Descriptions

• Wolff, 1956

Distribution

Found in the Kermadec Trench (Wolff, 1956, 1962).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at a depth of 6960-7000 m on brown clay with pumice (Wolff, 1956, 1962).

References

• Crustacea collection at ZMUC
• Wilson, G.D.F. & R.R. Hessler (1981). A revision of the genus Eurycope (Isopoda, Asellota) with descriptions of three new genera. Journal of Crustacean Biology 1: 401–423.
• 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.