Natatolana albicaudata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Family: | Cirolanidae |
Genus: | Natatolana |
Species: | N. albicaudata
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Binomial name | |
Natatolana albicaudata (
Stebbing, 1900)
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Natatolana albicaudata is a species of crustacean in the family Cirolanidae, and was first described by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing in 1900 as Cirolana albicaudata, [2] [3] based on specimens collected in Blanche Bay, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. [2]
It is a benthic species, living at depths of 0 m - 250 m in tropical waters, [4] and has been found on coral reefs in waters off Queensland, Western Australia and Papua New Guinea. [2] [1] It is not a scavenger. [1] Keable (2006) gives the latest description and diagnosis. [1]
Natatolana albicaudata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Family: | Cirolanidae |
Genus: | Natatolana |
Species: | N. albicaudata
|
Binomial name | |
Natatolana albicaudata (
Stebbing, 1900)
|
Natatolana albicaudata is a species of crustacean in the family Cirolanidae, and was first described by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing in 1900 as Cirolana albicaudata, [2] [3] based on specimens collected in Blanche Bay, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. [2]
It is a benthic species, living at depths of 0 m - 250 m in tropical waters, [4] and has been found on coral reefs in waters off Queensland, Western Australia and Papua New Guinea. [2] [1] It is not a scavenger. [1] Keable (2006) gives the latest description and diagnosis. [1]