Janira operculata

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: Janiridae
Genus: incerti generis
Species: Janira operculata

Name

"Janira" operculata Wolff, 1962

Holotype: ZMUC 7633 - female
Type-locality: Gulf of Panama; 5°49' N, 78°52' W. Habitat: marine benthic, 3270-3670 m depth, in a waterlogged tree trunk
Paratypes: none

Species status

• Janira: Wolff, 1962
• Species incertae sedis: Wilson et Wägele, 1994

Distribution

Found in the Gulf of Panama (Wolff, 1962).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at a depth of 3270-3670 m depth in a waterlogged tree trunk (Wolff, 1962).

References

• Crustacea collection at ZMUC
• Wilson, G.D.F. & J.-W. Wägele (1994). Review of the family Janiridae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8 (3): 683–747.
• Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. Galathea Report 6: 7–320, pl. i-xix.