Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Janiroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Subordo: Asellota
Superfamilia: Janiroidea

Familia: Munnopsididae
Subfamilia: Betamorphinae
Genus: Betamorpha
Species: Betamorpha elongata

Name

Betamorpha elongata (Wolff, 1962)

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-6349 - female
Type-locality: S of Davis Strait; 59°12’N 51°05’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 3521 m depth
Paratypes: none

Combinations

Descriptions

Distribution

Davis Strait (Wolff, 1962).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at a depth of 3521 m (Wolff, 1962).

References

  • Aydogan, A.; Wägele, J.W.; Park, J.Y. (2000). New deep-sea isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) from the Atacama-Trench. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Zoologische Reihe 76(2): 175–194. (view all citations)
  • Crustacea collection at ZMUC
  • Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. Galathea Report 6: 7–320, pls i–xix. PDF (view all citations)
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