| Arubolana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Cirolanidae |
| Genus: | Arubolana Botosaneanu & Stock, 1979 |
| Type species | |
| Arubolana imula | |
Arubolana is a genus of isopods in the family Cirolanidae. [1] The species of the genus are entirely adapted to living subterraneanly. [2]
Arubolana contains the following species: [1]
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans. Members of this group are called Isopods and include both terrestrial and aquatic species such as woodlice. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, and five pairs of branching appendages on the abdomen that are used in respiration. Females brood their young in a pouch under their thorax.
The Valvifera are marine isopod crustaceans. Valviferans are distinguished, however, by the flat, valve-like uropods which hinge laterally and fold inward beneath the rear part of their bodies, covering the pleopods. Some species are omnivorous, and serve as effective scavengers in the economy of the sea.
Arubolana imula is a species of crustacean in the family Cirolanidae, endemic to Aruba. It was described in 1979 by Lazare Botosaneanu and Jan Hendrik Stock.
Arubolana aruboides is a species of crustacean in the family Cirolanidae. It is endemic to Bermuda.
Bogidiella is a genus of crustacean in the family Bogidiellidae, containing the following species:
Mexistenasellus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Stenasellidae.
Monolistra is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Sphaeromatidae. Its members are restricted to countries of the former Yugoslavia, Italy and Switzerland. It contains the following subgenera and species, four of which are listed as vulnerable (VU) or endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List:
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Dynoides elegans is a species of isopod crustacean in the genus Dynoides. It was originally described in 1923 by Pearl Lee Boone as "Cianella elegans" based on specimens from La Jolla and San Pedro, California. It was transferred to the genus Dynoides in 2000, when Boone's genus was sunk into synonymy with Dynoides.
Cirolana is a genus of isopod crustaceans.
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