Biology:Brucerolis

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans


Brucerolis
Brucerolis brandtae closeup.jpg
Brucerolis brandtae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
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]

  • Brucerolis brandtae Storey & Poore, 2009
  • Brucerolis bromleyana (Suhm, 1876)
  • Brucerolis cidaris (Poore & Brandt, 1997)
  • Brucerolis howensis Storey & Poore, 2009
  • Brucerolis hurleyi Storey & Poore, 2009
  • Brucerolis macdonnellae (Menzies, 1962)
  • Brucerolis maryannae (Menzies, 1962)
  • Brucerolis nowra Poore & Storey, 2009
  • Brucerolis osheai Storey & Poore, 2009
  • Brucerolis victoriensis Storey & Poore, 2009

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10436209 entry