Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lysianassoidea 

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: 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
This article is issued from Wikimedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.