Dendrotion elegans

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: Dendrotiidae
Genus: Dendrotion
Species: Dendrotion elegans

Name

Dendrotion elegans Lincoln et Boxshall, 1983

Holotype: BM 1983:101 - male
Type-locality: NE Atlantic, Rockall Trough, 57°21' N 10°29' W. Habitat: marine benthos, 2200 m depth
Paratypes: 6 males, 54 females, 74 juveniles

References

• Lincoln, R.J. & G.A. Boxshall (1983). Deep-sea asellote isopods of the north-east Atlantic: the family Dendrotionidae and some new ectoparasitic copepods. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 79 (3): 297–318.