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Metacirolana  Nierstrasz, 1931
Taxonomic Serial No.: 92270

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderPeracarida Calman, 1904 – barata da praia, pulga da praia, tatuzinho de jardim  
                               OrderIsopoda Latreille, 1817 – isopods, pillbugs, sowbugs, cloportes, isopodes  
                                  SuborderFlabellifera Sars, 1882  
                                     FamilyCirolanidae Dana, 1852  
                                        GenusMetacirolana Nierstrasz, 1931  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Metacirolana agaricicola Kensley, 1984A  
                                           Species Metacirolana agujae Muller, 1991D  
                                           Species Metacirolana anatola Bruce, 1986A  
                                           Species Metacirolana anocula (Kensley, 1984B)  
                                           Species Metacirolana arnaudi Kensley, 1989  
                                           Species Metacirolana basteni (Bruce, 1980D)  
                                           Species Metacirolana bicornis (Kensley, 1978)  
                                           Species Metacirolana convexissima (Kensley, 1984B)  
                                           Species Metacirolana costaricensis Brusca & Iverson, 1985  
                                           Species Metacirolana fishelsoni (Bruce & Jones, 1978)  
                                           Species Metacirolana halia Kensley, 1984A  
                                           Species Metacirolana hanseni (Bonnier, 1896)  
                                           Species Metacirolana japonica (Hansen, 1890)  
                                           Species Metacirolana joanneae (Schultz, 1966)  
                                           Species Metacirolana mbudya Bruce, 1981C  
                                           Species Metacirolana menziesi Kensley, 1984A  
                                           Species Metacirolana monodi (Jones, 1976)  
                                           Species Metacirolana moortgati Muller & Salvat, 1993  
                                           Species Metacirolana nana (Bruce, 1980D)  
                                           Species Metacirolana pigmentata Muller & Salvat, 1993  
                                           Species Metacirolana ponsi Jaume & Garcia, 1992  
                                           Species Metacirolana riobaldoi (Lemos de Castro & Lima, 1976)  
                                           Species Metacirolana rotunda (Bruce & Jones, 1978)  
                                           Species Metacirolana rugosa (Bruce, 1980C)  
                                           Species Metacirolana serrata (Bruce, 1980B)  
                                           Species Metacirolana sphaeromiformis (Hansen, 1890)  
                                           Species Metacirolana spinosa (Bruce, 1980C)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Brian Kensley & Marilyn Schotte  
  Notes: National Museum of Natural History   
  Reference for: Metacirolana    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Metacirolana   
       
  Source: World List of Marine, Freshwater & Terrestrial Isopoda... 2005, website (version 04-May-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: Compiled by Brian Kensley, Marilyn Schotte, and Steve Schilling (Oniscidea only), Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Found at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/isopod/   
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