Bathynomus giganteus

Bathynomus giganteus , Photo: Michael Lahanas

Life-forms

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
Cladus: Scutocoxifera
Subordo: Cymothoida
Superfamilia: Cirolanoidea

Familia: Cirolanidae
Genus: Bathynomus
Species: Bathynomus giganteus
Name

Bathytnomus giganteus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879.

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. USA.
References

Briones-Fourzhn P. & Lozano-Alvarez, E.(1991). Aspects of the biology of the giant isopod Bathynomus giganteus A. Milne Edwards, 1879 (Flabellifera: Cirolanidae), off the Yucatán Peninsula. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 11:375-385.
Holthuis, L.B. & Mikula, W. R. (1972). Notes on the deep-sea isopod of the genus Bathynomus A. Milne Edwards, 1879. Bulletin of Marine Sciences 22(3):575-591.
Milne Edwards, A. (1879). Sur un isopode gigantesque des grandes profundeurs de la mer, C, r. herb. Séanc, Acad. Sci., Paris 88:21-23.
Milne Edwards, A. (1879). Ona gigantic isopod from the great dephs of the sea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser 5, 3:241-243
Bathynomus giganteus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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