Phreatoicopsis
| Phreatoicopsis | |
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| Phreatoicopsis raffae photographed in Grampians National Park, Victoria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Phreatoicidea |
| Family: | Phreatoicopsidae |
| Genus: | Phreatoicopsis Spencer & Hall, 1896 |
| Type species[1] | |
| Phreatoicopsis terricola Spencer & Hall, 1896 | |
| Species[1] | |
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Phreatoicopsis is a genus of semi-terrestrial isopods in the family Phreatoicopsidae. The genus includes two species, both endemic to Victoria, Australia.
Taxonomy and history
[edit]The genus Phreatoicopsis, so named for its resemblance to Phreatoicus, was erected in 1896 by Baldwin Spencer and Thomas Sergeant Hall as a monospecific genus containing the sole species Phreatoicopsis terricola.[1][2] A second species, Phreatoicopsis raffae, was described in 2002 from specimens collected in the Grampians National Park.[1][3]
Phreatoicopsis is a sister group to Synamphisopus, and the two form a monophyletic clade.[3]
Distribution
[edit]Phreatoicopsis species are endemic to Victoria in south-eastern Australia.[4] P. raffae is known from the Grampians National Park, while P. terricola is known from the Otway Ranges.[3]
Species
[edit]The genus Phreatoicopsis includes two species:[1]
- Phreatoicopsis raffae Wilson & Keable, 2002
- Phreatoicopsis terricola Spencer & Hall, 1896
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Phreatoicopsis Spencer & Hall, 1896". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ Spencer, Baldwin; Hall, T. S. (1896). "Description of a new genus of terrestrial Isopoda, allied to the genus Phreatoicus". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 9: 12–21. ISSN 0035-9211. OCLC 1371070444 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- 1 2 3 Wilson, G. D. F.; Keable, S. J. (2002). "New Phreatoicidea (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Grampians National Park, with revisions of Synamphisopus and Phreatoicopsis". Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 59 (2): 457–530. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2002.59.10. ISSN 1447-2554. OCLC 61566084.
- ↑ Wilson, George D. F. (2012). Suter, Philip (ed.). Key to the Genera of Phreatoicidea (Crustacea, Isopoda). Freshwater Taxonomy Workshop. Wodonga, Victoria, Australia: La Trobe University. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.4340.6244. Retrieved 19 July 2026 – via ResearchGate.