Natatolana sinuosa

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Natatolana sinuosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Cirolanidae
Genus: Natatolana
Species:
N. sinuosa
Binomial name
Natatolana sinuosa
Keable, 2006
Natatolana sinuosa
Paratype (TMAG G6002) site: TAS'"`UNIQ--ref-00000006-QINU`"'

Natatolana sinuosa is a species of crustacean in the family Cirolanidae, and was first described by Stephen John Keable in 2006. [1] [2] The species epithet, sinuosa, describes the "sinuate posterior margins of the coxae". [2]

It is an intertidal, [3] benthic species, living at depths of about 0–30 m, [4] in waters off South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales. [3] It is sexually dimorphic. [3] [2]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Natatolana sinuosa Keable, 2006". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. 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 [224]. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.58.2006.1469. ISSN   0067-1975. Wikidata   Q54555260.
  3. 1 2 3 "Species Natatolana sinuosa Keable, 2006". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. "Natatolana sinuosa". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 13 February 2023.