Betamorpha elongata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Janiroidea

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: 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

• Munneurycope elongata Wolff, 1962
• Betamorpha elongata, Aydogan, Wägele et Park, 2000

Descriptions

• Wolff, 1962

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). Pp 175-194. Reference page. 
• Crustacea collection at ZMUC
• Wolff, T. 1962. The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. Galathea Report 6: 7-320; plates i-xix, http://www.zmuc.dk/InverWeb/Galathea/Galathea_p2.html Reference page.