Brucerolis

Brucerolis is a genus of isopods in the family Serolidae,[1] found in the Southern Ocean.[2]

Brucerolis
Brucerolis brandtae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Family: Serolidae
Genus: Brucerolis
Poore & Storey, 2009[1]
Type species
Brucerolis nowra Poore & Storey, 2009

The genus was first described in 2009 by Gary Poore and Melissa Storey,[1][3] and the genus name honours Niel L. Bruce.[3]

Species

There are ten recognized species:[2][4]

  • Brucerolis brandtae Storey & Poore, 2009
  • Brucerolis bromleyana (Suhm, 1876)
  • Brucerolis cidaris (Poore & Brandt, 1997)
  • Brucerolis howensis Storey & Poore, 2009
  • Brucerolis hurleyi Storey & Poore, 2009
  • Brucerolis macdonnellae (Menzies, 1962)
  • Brucerolis maryannae (Menzies, 1962)
  • Brucerolis nowra Poore & Storey, 2009
  • Brucerolis osheai Storey & Poore, 2009
  • Brucerolis victoriensis Storey & Poore, 2009
  1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Genus Brucerolis Poore & Storey, 2009". biodiversity.org.au. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. "Brucerolis Poore & Storey, 2009". www.gbif.org. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. Gary Poore; Melissa J. Storey (26 August 2009). "Brucerolis gen. n., and Acutiserolis Brandt, 1988, deep-water southern genera of isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Serolidae)". ZooKeys. 18 (18): 151. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.18.129. ISSN 1313-2989. Wikidata Q21191967.
  4. "IRMNG - Brucerolis Poore & Storey, 2009". www.irmng.org. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.


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