Rocinela kapala

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Rocinela kapala
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Aegidae
Genus: Rocinela
Species:
R. kapala
Binomial name
Rocinela kapala
Bruce, 1988
Rocinela kapala
(AM P31740) Holotype site: Clarence River mouth'"`UNIQ--ref-00000006-QINU`"'

Rocinela kapala is a species of isopod in the family Aegidae, and was first described in 1988 by Niel L. Bruce. [1] [2] The species was first described in detail as R. oculata. [3] The species is named for the FRV Kapala, the vessel from which the holotype (AM P31740) was collected at a depth of 450 metres. [2]

It is found in coastal seas of eastern Australia from southern Queensland to Bass Strait. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rocinela kapala Bruce, 1988". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 Niel L. Bruce (1988). "Aega leptonica, a new species of aegid isopod crustacean from the tropical western Atlantic, with notes on Rocinela oculata Harger and Rocinela kapala, new species". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 101 (1): 95-101 [100]. ISSN   0006-324X. Wikidata   Q115583026.
  3. ↑ Niel L. Bruce (October 1983). "Aegidae (Isopoda: Crustacea) from Australia with descriptions of three new species". Journal of Natural History . 17 (5): 757–788. doi:10.1080/00222938300770591. ISSN   0022-2933. Wikidata   Q99963373.
  4. ↑ "Australian Faunal Directory: Rocinela kapala". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
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