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Munnopsidae
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.
Bathyopsurus nybelini, a member of this family, has been known to consume Sargassum that has fallen to the seabed.
12 branches of this family, most-observed first
True Waterwalkers
subfamilyMunnopsinae
Betamorphinae
subfamilyBetamorphinae
Storthyngurinae
subfamilyStorthyngurinae
Eurycopinae
subfamilyEurycopinae
Munneurycope
genusMunneurycope
Acanthocopinae
subfamilyAcanthocopinae
Bathyopsurinae
subfamilyBathyopsurinae
Ilyarachninae
subfamilyIlyarachninae
Lipomerinae
subfamilyLipomerinae
Syneurycopinae
subfamilySyneurycopinae
Munnopsurus
genusMunnopsurus
Notopais
genusNotopais
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 536102.