Ilyarachna kermadecensis

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: Ilyarachninae
Genus: Ilyarachna
Species: Ilyarachna kermadecensis

Name

Ilyarachna kermadecensis Wolff, 1962

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-6967 - male
Type-locality: Kermadec Trench; 32°10’S 177°14’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 6960-7000 m depth
Paratypes: ?

Descriptions

• Wolff, 1956 (as Ilyarachna antarctica, figs. 24-28)
• Wolff, 1962

Distribution

Kermadec Trench (Wolff, 1956, 1962).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at depths of 4540-7000 m (Wolff, 1962).

References

• Crustacea collection at ZMUC
• 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.