Brucerolis

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Brucerolis
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Brucerolis brandtae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Serolidae
Genus: Brucerolis
Poore & Storey, 2009 [1]
Type species
Brucerolis nowra Poore & Storey, 2009

Brucerolis is a genus of isopods in the family Serolidae, [1] found in the Southern Ocean. [2]

The genus was first described in 2009 by Gary Poore and Melissa Storey, [1] [3] and the genus name honours Niel L. Bruce. [3]

Species

There are ten recognized species: [2] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Genus Brucerolis Poore & Storey, 2009". biodiversity.org.au. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Brucerolis Poore & Storey, 2009". www.gbif.org. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 Gary Poore; Melissa J. Storey (26 August 2009). "Brucerolis gen. n., and Acutiserolis Brandt, 1988, deep-water southern genera of isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Serolidae)". ZooKeys . 18 (18): 151. doi: 10.3897/ZOOKEYS.18.129 . ISSN   1313-2989. Wikidata   Q21191967.
  4. "IRMNG - Brucerolis Poore & Storey, 2009". www.irmng.org. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.