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Metacirolana Kussakin, 1979

118403  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118403)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Isopoda (Order)
  10. Cymothoida (Suborder)
  11. Cymothooidea (Superfamily)
  12. Cirolanidae (Family)
  13. Metacirolana (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Cirolana japonica Hansen, 1890 accepted as Metacirolana japonica (Hansen, 1890) (type by original designation)
Metacirolana Nierstrasz, 1931 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (no diagnosis given)
Paracirolana Nierstrasz, 1931 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (no diagnosis given)

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  1. Species Metacirolana agaricicola Kensley, 1984
  2. Species Metacirolana agujae Müller, 1991
  3. Species Metacirolana anatola Bruce, 1986
  4. Species Metacirolana anocula (Kensley, 1984)
  5. Species Metacirolana arnaudi Kensley, 1989
  6. Species Metacirolana basteni (Bruce, 1980)
  7. Species Metacirolana bicornis (Kensley, 1978)
  8. Species Metacirolana caeca (Hansen, 1916)
  9. Species Metacirolana calypso Brusca, Wetzer & France, 1995
  10. Species Metacirolana chemola Schotte & Kensley, 2005
  11. Species Metacirolana convexissima (Kensley, 1984)
  12. Species Metacirolana costata Nunomura, 1999
  13. Species Metacirolana fishelsoni (Bruce & Jones, 1978)
  14. Species Metacirolana fornicata Mezhov, 1981
  15. Species Metacirolana halia Kensley, 1984
  16. Species Metacirolana hanseni (Bonnier, 1896)
  17. Species Metacirolana helenae Paiva & Souza-Filho, 2023
  18. Species Metacirolana japonica (Hansen, 1890)
  19. Species Metacirolana jimlowryi Bruce & Rodcharoen, 2023 †
  20. Species Metacirolana joanneae (Schultz, 1966)
  21. Species Metacirolana lombok Sidabalok & Bruce, 2018
  22. Species Metacirolana manuelae Paiva & Souza & Filho, 2023
  23. Species Metacirolana mayana (Bowman, 1987)
  24. Species Metacirolana mbudya Bruce, 1981
  25. Species Metacirolana menziesi Kensley, 1984
  26. Species Metacirolana mioskon Sidabalok & Bruce, 2018
  27. Species Metacirolana monodi (Jones, 1976)
  28. Species Metacirolana nana (Bruce, 1980)
  29. Species Metacirolana neocaledonica Bruce, 1996
  30. Species Metacirolana nicosmiti Bruce & Rodcharoen, 2021
  31. Species Metacirolana pigmentata Müller & Salvat, 1993
  32. Species Metacirolana ponsi Jaume & Garcia, 1992
  33. Species Metacirolana riobaldoi (Lemos de Castro & Brasil Lima, 1976)
  34. Species Metacirolana rotunda (Bruce & Jones, 1978)
  35. Species Metacirolana rugosa (Bruce, 1980)
  36. Species Metacirolana serrata (Bruce, 1980)
  37. Species Metacirolana shijikiensis Nunomura, 2008
  38. Species Metacirolana spinosa (Bruce, 1980)
  39. Species Metacirolana costaricensis Brusca & Iverson, 1985 accepted as Aphantolana costaricensis (Brusca & Iverson, 1985) (basionym)
  40. Species Metacirolana moortgati Müller & Salvat, 1993 accepted as Aphantolana moortgati (Müller & Salvat, 1993) (basionym)
  41. Species Metacirolana sphaeromiformis (Hansen, 1890) accepted as Aphantolana sphaeromiformis (Hansen, 1890)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Kussakin, O. G. (1979). Morskye I solonovatovodnye ravnonogie rakoobrasnye (Isopoda) cholodnix I umerennix vod severnogo polushariya. [Marine and brackishwater like-footed Crustacea (Isopoda) from the cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere] Podotryad Flabellifera. <em>Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Izdavaemye Zoologicheskim Institutom Akademii Nauk SSSR.</em> 122(1): 472 pp. Leningrad: Nauka. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Boyko, C.B.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Metacirolana Kussakin, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118403 on 2025-04-30
Date
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by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2007-11-28 15:20:16Z
checked
Schotte, Marilyn
2013-10-20 23:24:03Z
changed
Bruce, Niel L.
2017-08-18 06:40:30Z
changed
Bruce, Niel L.
2019-06-24 11:44:12Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.
2023-08-19 17:09:56Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.

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Nomenclature

original description Kussakin, O. G. (1979). Morskye I solonovatovodnye ravnonogie rakoobrasnye (Isopoda) cholodnix I umerennix vod severnogo polushariya. [Marine and brackishwater like-footed Crustacea (Isopoda) from the cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere] Podotryad Flabellifera. <em>Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Izdavaemye Zoologicheskim Institutom Akademii Nauk SSSR.</em> 122(1): 472 pp. Leningrad: Nauka. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Paracirolana Nierstrasz, 1931) Nierstrasz, H.F. (1931). Die Isopoden der Siboga-Expedition. III. Isopoda Genuina II. Flabellifera. <em>Siboga Expeditie Monographie.</em> 32c: 123- 232. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Metacirolana Nierstrasz, 1931) Nierstrasz, H.F. (1931). Die Isopoden der Siboga-Expedition. III. Isopoda Genuina II. Flabellifera. <em>Siboga Expeditie Monographie.</em> 32c: 123- 232. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Brusca, R. C., Wetzer, R. and France, S. C. (1995) Cirolanidae, Crustacea: Isopoda: Flabellifera of the tropical eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 30: 1-96. [details] 

redescription Bruce, N.L. (1981). Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia: Diagnoses of <i>Cirolana</i> Leach, <i>Metacirolana</i> Nierstrasz, <i>Neocirolana</i> Hale, <i>Anopsilana</i> Paulian & Debouteville, and three new genera - <i>Natatolana, Politolana</i> and <i>Cartetolana</i>. <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 32(6): 945-966. [details] 

Other

additional source Bruce, N. L. (1986) Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 6: 1-239.
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] 

additional source Brusca, R. C., Wetzer, R. and France, S. C. (1995) Cirolanidae, Crustacea: Isopoda: Flabellifera of the tropical eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 30: 1-96.
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] 

additional source Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details] 

 
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Authority The genus had long been incorrectly attributed to Nierstrasz (1931). Brusca et al. (1995) correctly pointed out (p. 67) that the authority is Kussakin (1979). [details]
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LanguageName 
Japanese スナホリムシモドキ属 [from synonym]スナホリムシモドキ  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Metacirolana Nierstrasz, 1931)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metacirolana) (from synonym Metacirolana Nierstrasz, 1931)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metacirolana) 
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