Munnopsis mandibularis

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: Munnopsidinae
Genus: Munnopsis
Species: Munnopsis mandibularis

Name

Munnopsis mandibularis Wolff, 1962

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-7205 - female
Type-locality: off Kenya; 4°00’S 41°27’E. Habitat: marine, 1510 m depth
Paratypes: none

Descriptions

• Wolff, 1962

Distribution

Indian Ocean off Kenya (Wolff, 1962).

Habitat

Marine species, found at a depth of 1510 m on Globigerina 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.