Ischnomesus anacanthus

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: Ischnomesidae
Genus: Ischnomesus
Species: Ischnomesus anacanthus

Name

Ischnomesus anacanthus Wolff, 1962

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-5294 - female
Type-locality: Tasman Sea; 40°11’S 163°35’E. Habitat: marine benthic, 3710 m depth
Paratypes: none

Descriptions

• Wolff, 1962

Distribution

Found in the Tasman Sea (Wolff, 1962).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at a depth of 3710 m on pteropod ooze (Wolff, 1962).

References

• 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.