Protallocoxa abyssale

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Stenetrioidea
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: Isopoda Subordo: Asellota Superfamilia: Stenetrioidea

Familia: Stenetriidae
Genus: Protallocoxa
Species: Protallocoxa abyssale

Name

Protallocoxa abyssale (Wolff, 1962)

Holotype: ZMUC CRU-5013 - male
Type-locality: Kermadec Trench; 36°34’S 178°57’W. Habitat: marine benthic, 4540 m depth
Paratypes: ZMUC CRU-9554 - female

Combinations

Stenetrium abyssale Wolff, 1962
Protallocoxa abyssale, Serov & Wilson, 1995

Descriptions

Wolff, 1962

Distribution

Found in the Kermadec Trench and Tasman Sea (Wolff, 1962).

Habitat

Deep-sea marine benthic species, found at depths of 4510-4540 m on brown sandy clay with pumice or bluish clay (Wolff, 1962).

References

Crustacea collection at ZMUC
Serov, P.A. & Wilson, G.D.F. (1995). A review of the Stenetriidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). Records of the Australian Museum 47(1): 39–82. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.47.1995.2 Reference page.
Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. Galathea Report 6: 7–320, pl. i-xix.

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