Sedimentary habitats cover most of the ocean bottom and therefore constitute the largest
single ecosystem on earth in spatial coverage. Although only a small fraction of the micro …

Marine sediments cover most of the ocean bottom, and the organisms that reside in these
sediments therefore constitute the largest faunal assemblage on Earth in areal coverage …

Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline
of higher-level classification and Page 1 Zootaxa 3148 © 2011 Magnolia Press · 165 …

The state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico harbors the highest faunistic and floristic biodiversity
of the region; however, to date, research effort has focused on terrestrial flora and fauna …

Few places in the world can claim such a diversity of species as the Gulf of California (Sea of
Cortez), with its 6,000 recorded animal species estimated to be half the number actually …

Excirolana braziliensis is a coastal intertidal isopod with a broad distribution spanning the
Atlantic and Pacific tropical and temperate coasts of the American continent. Two separate …

Literature dealing with isopods from the east Pacific is reviewed. Marine and brackish water
species reported at least once in the Eastern Tropical Pacific zoogeographic subregion …

Natatolana Bruce, 1981 is one of the most speciose, widespread and abundant isopod
genera occurring in marine environments. Species in the genus are ecologically important …

Checklists of isopods currently reported for the polar and temperate waters of the East
Pacific, in depths of 200 m or less, are presented, and compared with an updated list of …

Isopod crustaceans are rarely preserved in the fossil record. Herein, an appraisal of the
fossil record for the cirolanid isopods is presented. Five genera are briefly discussed …