Munnopsidae

Munnopsidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Superfamily: Janiroidea
Family: Munnopsidae
Lilljeborg, 1864[1]
Subfamilies[2]

Acanthocopinae Wolff, 1962
Bathyopsurinae Wolff, 1962
Betamorphinae Kussakin, 2003
Eurycopinae Hansen, 1916
Ilyarachninae Hansen, 1916
Lipomerinae Tattersall, 1905
Munnopsinae Lilljeborg, 1864
Storthyngurinae Kussakin, 2003
Syneurycopinae Wolff, 1962

Synonyms

The family Munnopsidae is a family of asellote isopoda which is one of the most speciose and frequently collected of the known isopod families. As currently structured it consists of nine subfamilies, 44 genera and about 364 species. The Munnopsidae is frequently the most abundant and diverse isopod family in benthic deep−sea communities and also has a wide distribution in cold waters.[3]

Bathyopsurus nybelini, a member of this family, has been known to consume Sargassum that has fallen to the seabed.[4]

  1. ^ "Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864". ITIS. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864". World Registry of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. ^ Sarah Schnurr; Marina V. Malyutina (2014). "Two new species of the genus Eurycope (Isopoda, Munnopsidae) from Icelandic waters". 35 (2): 361–388. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Peoples, Logan M.; Gerringer, Mackenzie E.; Weston, Johanna N. J.; León-Zayas, Rosa; Sekarore, Abisage; Sheehan, Grace; Church, Matthew J.; Michel, Anna P. M.; Soule, S. Adam; Shank, Timothy M. (2024-09-11). "A deep-sea isopod that consumes Sargassum sinking from the ocean's surface". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291 (2030). doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.0823. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 11387067.