Photeros mcelroyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cypridinoidea
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: Oligostraca Classis: Ostracoda Subclassis: Myodocopa Ordo: Myodocopida Subordo: Myodocopina Superfamilia: Cypridinoidea

Familia: Cypridinidae
Genus: Photeros
Species: Photeros mcelroyi

Name

Photeros mcelroyi Cohen & Morin, 2010

• Type locality: From water depths of about 10-18 metres, above corals of deeper fore reefs, near Discovery Bay, (18.472ºN, 77.410ºW), Jamaica.

Primary references

• Cohen, A.C. & Morin, J.G. 2010: Two new bioluminescent ostracode genera, Enewton and Photeros (Myodocopida: Cypridinidae), with three new species from Jamaica. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 30 (1): 1–55. DOI: 10.1651/08-3075.1 Abstract