Macrostylis galatheae

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: Macrostylidae
Genus: Macrostylis
Species: Macrostylis galatheae

Name

Macrostylis galatheae Wolff, 1956

Syntypes: ZMUC CRU-6509 (one for all?) - fragments of a male and 3 females
Type-locality: Philippine Trench, Pacific Ocean; 10°20'N 126°41'E. Habitat: marine benthic, 9790 m depth

Distribution

The Philippine Trench, Pacific Ocean (Wolff, 1956, Mezhov, 1989).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at hadal depths (8440-9790 m). Substrates: stiff clay (Wolff, 1956, Mezhov, 1989).

References

• Crustacea collection at ZMUC
• Mezhov, B.V. (1989). Two new species Macrostylis (Isopoda, Macrostylidae) from the trenches of the Pacific Ocean and comments on the morphology of M. galatheae. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 68 (8): 33–40.
• Wolff T. (1956). Isopoda from depths exceeding 6000 meters. Galathea Report 2: 85–157.