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Politolana Bruce 1981

Description

Politolana Bruce, 1981

Synonymy. Bruce 1981: 958–959; Wetzer et al. 1987: 1–2; Kensley & Schotte 1989: 140–143; Riseman & Brusca 2002: 64–69.

Type species: Aega polita Stimpson, 1853; original designation Bruce 1981.

Composition: P. concharum (Stimpson 1853); P. eximia (Hansen 1890); P. haneyi Riseman & Brusca 2002; P. impostor Riseman & Brusca 2002; P. i m p re s s a (Harger 1883); P. microphthalma (Hoek 1882); P. polita (Stimpson 1853); P. tricarinata Riseman et al. 2001; P. w i c k s t e n a e Wetzer et al. 1987.

Species excluded from Politolana sensu stricto (according to Riseman & Brusca 2002): P. crosnieri Bruce 1996; P. d a s y p r i o n Bruce 1991; P. obtusispina (Kensley 1975).

Notes

Published as part of Frutos, Inmaculada & Sorbe, Jean Claude, 2010, Politolana sanchezi sp. nov. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae), a new benthic bioturbating scavenger from bathyal soft-bottoms of the southern Bay of Biscay (northeastern Atlantic Ocean), pp. 20-34 in Zootaxa 2640 on page 22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198554

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cirolanidae
Genus
Politolana
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Isopoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Bruce
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Politolana Bruce, 1981 sec. Frutos & Sorbe, 2010

References

  • Bruce, N. L. (1981) Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia: diagnoses of Cirolana Leach, Metacirolana Nierstraz, Neocirolana Hale, Anopsilana Paulian and Debouteville, and three new genera - Natatolana, Politolana and Cartetolana. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 32, 945 - 966.
  • Wetzer, R., Delaney, P. M. & Brusca, R. C. (1987) Politolana wickstenae new species, a new cirolanid isopod from the Gulf of Mexico, and a review of the " Conilera genus-group " of Bruce (1986). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 392, 1 - 10.
  • Kensley, B. & Schotte, M. (1989) Guide to the marine isopod crustaceans of the Caribbean. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 308 pp.
  • Riseman, S. F. & Brusca, R. C. (2002) Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of Politolana Bruce, 1981 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 134, 57 - 140.
  • Hoek, P. P. C. (1882) Die Crustaceen, gesammelt waerhend der Fahrten des " Willem Barents " in den Jahren 1878 und 1879. Niederlandisches Archiv Fur Zoologie, Supplement-band 1 (7), 1 - 75.
  • Riseman, S. F., Pires, A. M. & Brusca, R. C. (2001) A new species of Politolana Bruce 1981 (Isopoda: Flabellifera: Cirolanidae) from the south Brazilian shelf. In: B. Kensley & R. C. Brusca (Eds.), Isopods Systematics and Evolution, Crustacean Iss. 13, Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 57 - 140.