Description
Family Oniscoidea
Essentially terrestrial , although certain species are restricted to moist situations near the high tide line ; pleon generally with 5 free pleonites plus the pleotelson ; antenna 1 rudimentary , with only 2 or 3 articles .
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -433 meters (-1,420 feet).Standard Deviation = 1,128.210 based on 1,465 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- arthropods
- Class:
Maxillopoda
()
- Order:
Calanoida
()
- Family:
Oniscoidea
()
- Genus:
Pseudocalanus
()
- Specific name:
minutus
- (Krøyer, 1845)
- Scientific name: - Pseudocalanus minutus (Krøyer, 1845)
- Specific name:
minutus
- (Krøyer, 1845)
- Genus:
Pseudocalanus
(
- Family:
Oniscoidea
(
- Order:
Calanoida
(
- Class:
Maxillopoda
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Pseudocalanus minutus (Kroyer, 1845)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Nov-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pseudocalanus
There are approximately 10 species in this genus:
P. acuspes · P. adult · P. elongatus · P. elongatus adult · P. major · P. mimus · P. minutus · P. minutus elongatus · P. moultoni · P. newmani
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 22, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Alaska Ocean Observing System: Arctic Ocean Diversity
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Davis Strait and Baffin Bay Zooplankton (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Niv
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2698777
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-85371
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13797949
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 85371
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 514937
