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Metacirolana Nierstrasz, 1931 
AphiaID: 118403

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Cymothoida (Suborder) > Cymothooidea (Superfamily) > Cirolanidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Metacirolana japonica (Hansen, 1890)
Parent Cirolanidae Dana, 1852
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA., available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Metacirolana agaricicola Kensley, 1984
Species Metacirolana agujae Mueller, 1991
Species Metacirolana anatola Bruce, 1986
Species Metacirolana anocula (Kensley, 1984)
Species Metacirolana arnaudi Kensley, 1989
Species Metacirolana basteni (Bruce, 1980)
Species Metacirolana bicornis (Kensley, 1978)
Species Metacirolana caeca (Hansen, 1916)
Species Metacirolana calypso Brusca, Wetzer & France, 1995
Species Metacirolana chemola Schotte & Kensley, 2005
Species Metacirolana convexissima (Kensley, 1984)
Species Metacirolana costata Nunomura, 1999
Species Metacirolana fishelsoni (Bruce & Jones, 1978)
Species Metacirolana fornicata (Mezhov, 1981)
Species Metacirolana halia Kensley, 1984
Species Metacirolana hanseni (Bonnier, 1896)
Species Metacirolana japonica (Hansen, 1890)
Species Metacirolana joanneae (Schultz, 1966)
Species Metacirolana mayana (Bowman, 1987)
Species Metacirolana mbudya Bruce, 1981
Species Metacirolana menziesi Kensley, 1984
Species Metacirolana monodi (Jones, 1976)
Species Metacirolana nana (Bruce, 1980)
Species Metacirolana neocaledonica Bruce, 1996
Species Metacirolana pigmentata Mueller & Salvat, 1993
Species Metacirolana ponsi Jaume & Garcia, 1992
Species Metacirolana riobaldoi (Lemos de Castro & Lima, 1976)
Species Metacirolana rotunda (Bruce & Jones, 1978)
Species Metacirolana rugosa (Bruce, 1980)
Species Metacirolana serrata (Bruce, 1980)
Species Metacirolana shijikiensis Nunomura, 2008
Species Metacirolana sphaeromiformis (Hansen, 1890)
Species Metacirolana spinosa (Bruce, 1980)

Species Metacirolana costaricensis Brusca & Iverson, 1985 accepted as Aphantolana costaricensis (Brusca & Iverson, 1985)
Species Metacirolana moortgati Mueller & Salvat, 1993 accepted as Aphantolana moortgati (Mueller & Salvat, 1993)
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118403
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2007-11-28 15:20:16Z  checked  Schotte, Marilyn
  
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  Citation: Schotte, M. (2013). Metacirolana Nierstrasz, 1931. In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2013) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118403 on 2013-05-21
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