Haimormus shimojiensis

Haimormus shimojiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paratanaoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Tanaidacea
Subordo: Tanaidomorpha
Superfamilia: Paratanaoidea

Familia: Pseudozeuxidae
Genus: Haimormus
Species: Haimormus shimojiensis

Name

Haimormus shimojiensis Kakui & Fujita, 2018

Type locality: Shimoji-jima Island, Miyako Island Group, southwestern Japan.

Holotype: Female with developing oostegites, NSMT-Cr 26836 (BL 1.21 mm, CW 0.16 mm), six slides and one vial; “Akuma-no-Yakata (Devil’s Hole),” Shimoji-jima Island, Miyako Island Group, southwestern Japan, Northwestern Pacific Ocean (24°49′22.51″N, 125°08′07.84″E), 18 m depth, mud, 1.ix.2017, collected by Y. Fujita.

Paratype: Female, NSMT-Cr 26837 (BL 1.04 mm, CW 0.14 mm), one SEM stub, one slide and one vial; female with developed oostegites, RUMF-ZC-6004 (BL 1.17 mm, CW 0.14 mm), three slides and one vial; same locality as holotype.

Distribution: only from the type locality.

ZooBank: 916C8C7C-5C81-43AF-9694-E7E7A372FA0C

References

Primary references

  • Kakui, K., Fujita, Y. 2018. Haimormus shimojiensis, a new genus and species of Pseudozeuxidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from a submarine limestone cave in Northwestern Pacific. PeerJ. 6: e4720. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4720 Open access Reference page.  [See p. 5-10, figs. 2-6; original description]
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