Longiflagrum is an estuarine genus of crustacean in the order Tanaidacea.[1]

Longiflagrum
Holotype (♀) of Longiflagrum amphibium. Top: lateral view. Bottom: dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Tanaidacea
Family: Parapseudidae
Subfamily: Parapseudinae
Genus: Longiflagrum
Gutu, 1995
Species

Ecology edit

All five Longiflagrum species occur in shallow coastal habitats such as the intertidal zone, eelgrass beds and estuaries where the salinity fluctuates over the range 5–34 psu,[2][3] and they are a frequent and abundant element of the soft-bottom ecosystem.[1][2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Anna Stępień & Magdalena Blazewicz-Paszkowycz (2009). Neil Bruce (ed.). "Advances in the taxonomy and biogeography of Crustacea in the Southern Hemisphere: Longiflagrum amphibium, a new estuarine apseudomorph tanaid (Crustacea, Peracarida) from north-western Australia". ZooKeys (18): 161–170. doi:10.3897/zookeys.18.154.
  2. ^ a b Donald F. Boesch (1973). "Three new tanaids (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) from southern Queensland". Pacific Science. 27 (2): 168–188. hdl:10125/792.
  3. ^ Saowapa Angsupanich (2004). "A new species of Longiflagrum (Tanaidacea, Parapseudidae) from Songkhla Lagoon, Thailand". Crustaceana. 77 (7): 849–860. doi:10.1163/156854004774248726. JSTOR 20105764.

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