Natatolana albicaudata

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Natatolana albicaudata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Family: Cirolanidae
Genus: Natatolana
Species:
N. albicaudata
Binomial name
Natatolana albicaudata
(Stebbing, 1900)
Natatolana albicaudata
Approximate syntype site: New Britain

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, [1] [2] based on specimens collected in Blanche Bay, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. [1]

It is a benthic species, living at depths of 0 m - 250 m in tropical waters, [3] and has been found on coral reefs in waters off Queensland, Western Australia and Papua New Guinea. [1] [4] It is not a scavenger. [4] Keable (2006) gives the latest description and diagnosis. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Natatolana albicaudata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Australian Government. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Stebbing, T.R.R. 1900. On Crustacea brought by Dr Willey from the South Seas. pp. 609-690 in Willey, A. (ed.). Zoological results based on material from New Guinea, New Britain, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere … (1895, 1896 and 1897). Cambridge : Cambridge University Press Vol. 5. [631]
  3. ↑ "Natatolana albicaudata (Stebbing, 1900)". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Stephen J. Keable (14 June 2006). "Taxonomic revision of Natatolana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum (in English, English, and English). 58 (2): 133-244 [150]. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.58.2006.1469. ISSN   0067-1975. Wikidata   Q54555260.
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