Paropsurus giganteus

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: Bathyopsurinae
Genus: Paropsurus
Species: Paropsurus giganteus

Name

Paropsurus giganteus Wolff, 1962

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-6545 - male
Type-locality: E Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica; 9°23’N 89°32’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 3570 m depth
Paratypes: none?

Descriptions

• Wolff, 1962

Distribution

Pacific Ocean (found off Costa Rica and in the Tasman Sea) (Wolff, 1962).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at depths of 3570-4400 m on dark muddish clay or 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.