WoRMS taxon details
Cirolana polita (Stimpson, 1853)
AphiaID: 157845
AphiaID: 157845
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Cymothoida (Suborder) > Cymothooidea (Superfamily) > Cirolanidae (Family) > Cirolana (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Accepted name | Politolana polita (Stimpson, 1853) | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Cirolana Leach, 1818 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Isopod Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Scavenges on dead flesh. [details] Distribution: Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details] Habitat: Found at depths of 1-600 m; prefers sand and mud substrate. [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157845 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bruce, Niel L. (2013). Cirolana polita (Stimpson, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157845 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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