Mesamphisopus
| Mesamphisopus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Phreatoicidea |
| Family: | Mesamphisopidae Nicholls, 1943 |
| Genus: | Mesamphisopus Nicholls, 1943 |
| Type species[1] | |
| Phreatoicus capensis Barnard, 1914 | |
Mesamphisopus is a genus of freshwater phreatoicidean isopod crustaceans endemic to South Africa. It is the only genus in the family Mesamphisopidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Mesamphisopus is the only member of Phreatoicidea that occurs outside of Australia, New Zealand and India.[1] Species are fairly restricted in range, with the majority occurring on the Cape Peninsula and the Hottentots Holland Mountains as well as the Agulhas Plain, Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, Tsitsikamma Forest and the Langeberg Range.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]The genus Mesamphisopus includes 10 species:[1][4]
- Mesamphisopus abbreviatus (Barnard 1927)
- Mesamphisopus albidus Gouws, 2008
- Mesamphisopus baccatus Gouws, 2008
- Mesamphisopus capensis (Barnard 1914)
- Mesamphisopus depressus (Barnard 1927)
- Mesamphisopus kensleyi Gouws, 2008
- Mesamphisopus paludosus Gouws, 2008
- Mesamphisopus penicillatus (Barnard 1940)
- Mesamphisopus setosus Gouws, 2008
- Mesamphisopus tsitsikamma Gouws, 2008
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Gouws, Gavin (2008). "New species of Mesamphisopus, an endemic South African freshwater isopod genus (Isopoda: Phreatoicidea: Mesamphisopidae)". Zootaxa. 1690 (1): 1–62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1690.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326. OCLC 49030618.
- ↑ Barnard, K. H. (1927). "A study of the freshwater isopodan and amphipodan Crustacea of South Africa". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 14 (1): 139–215. doi:10.1080/00359192609519625. ISSN 0035-919X. OCLC 795037071.
- ↑ Nicholls, G. E. (1943). "The Phreatoicoidea Part I.—The Amphisopidae". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania: 29–47. ISSN 0080-4703. LCCN sf80001515. OCLC 1331538 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Mesamphisopus Nicholls, 1943". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 August 2026.