Ocosingo yatala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lysianassoidea

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: Amphipoda Subordo: Amphilochidea Infraorder: Lysianassida Parvordo: Lysianassidira Superfamilia: Lysianassoidea

Familia: Lysianassidae
Subfamilia: Conicostomatinae
Genus: Ocosingo
Species: Ocosingo yatala

Name

• Ocosingo yatala Lowry & Stoddart, 2012: 52, figs. 5–7

Holotype: MV J62538, ♀.

Type locality: 20 km east-north-east of Bold Head, King Island, central Bass Strait, Australia, 40°0.0’S 144°20.9’E to 40°0.0’S 144°23.6’E, 46–48 m, medium sand, otter trawl, 2 February 1981, M.F. Gomon, G.C.B. Poore & C.C. Lu, FRV Hai Kung, stn BSS-127T.

Etymology: The species is named for Yatala Harbour, one of the localities in which type material was collected.

References

• Lowry, J.K.; Stoddart, H.E. 2012: Australian and South African conicostomatine amphipods (Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Lysianassidae: Conicostomatinae subfam. nov.) Zootaxa, 3248: 43–65. Preview PDF