Scutuloidea kutu
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Family: | Sphaeromatidae |
Genus: | Scutuloidea |
Species: | S. kutu
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Binomial name | |
Scutuloidea kutu Stephenson & Riley, 1996
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Scutuloidea kutu is a species of marine isopods in the family Sphaeromatidae, first described by Stephenson and Riley in 1996.[1][2][3] No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.[4][5] The name "kutu" (Māori for "lice") was chosen as a metaphor, as the species lives on seaweed (i.e. the hair of hinemoana, a personification of the ocean).[3]
Description and ecology
Males are approximately 5–7 mm in length, while females are approximately 4–5 mm. Females are often carried on the backs of the males of the species.[3] Scutuloidea kutu can be visually distinguished from Scutuloidea maculata, a similar species in appearance which is also found in New Zealand waters, by colour, having a more spender body and eyes, as well as a pleotelson with no apical notch.[3]
Distribution and habitat
Scutuloidea kutu is found in the northern waters of
References
- ^ Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995) nwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA.,
- ^ Poore, G.C.B.; Bruce, N. (2009) Isopoda (Crustacea). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp,
- ^ Wikidata Q58677505.
- ^ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ WoRMS Isopoda: World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans. Schotte M., Boyko C. B, Bruce N. L., Poore G.C.B., Taiti S., Wilson G.D.F. (eds), 5 October 2010
External links
- Data related to Scutuloidea kutu at Wikispecies