Cirolana cranchii
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Cirolana cranchii is a species of isopod crustacean.
History and etymology[edit]
Cirolana cranchii was described by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in 1818; he named the genus anagrammatically after an unknown woman called Caroline/Carolina, and the species after his friend and collector John Cranch.[3][4]
C. cranchii is the type species of the genus Cirolana, which in turn is the type genus for the family Cirolanidae.[2] The type locality is Cornwall, Great Britain.[1][2]
Distribution[edit]
The species is found around the British Isles and the northwestern coasts of Portugal, Spain and France, with the greatest abundance around the western coasts of Ireland, Cornwall and Brittany.[5] The species has also been recorded from the North Sea, the Mediterranean, and the coasts of Australia.[6] Bruce and Ellis consider only the eastern North Atlantic and Mediterranean records reliable.[2] Also reported from South Africa near Cape Town.[7]
Description[edit]
The adult male is between 9.0 and 19.1 mm long and about 3 times as long as it is wide. The head (cephalon) lacks a forward-pointing spine (rostral process). The body consists of 11 visible segments each covered in a smooth dorsal scale behind the head, with a triangular tail (pleotelson).[2] There are six joints to the abdomen. The legs are used for walking and have small claws.[4] Tail paddles (uropods) extend beyond the point of the tail. The female has a wider pleotelson and non-angled uropods, and lacks the dense bristles (setae) on these parts. Females are between 9.6 and 19.2 mm long. Young males resemble females.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Cirolana cranchii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ a b c d e f Bruce, Niel L.; Ellis, Joan (1983). "Cirolana cranchi Leach, 1818 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) redescribed, with notes on its distribution)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series. 44 (2): 75–84.
- ^ Damkaer, David M. (2002). "Adding pages". The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History, Volume 1. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 240. American Philosophical Society. pp. 131–155. ISBN 978-0-87169-240-5.
- ^ a b White, Adam (1857). A Popular History of British Crustacea; Comprising a Familiar Account of Their Classification and Habits. Lovell Reeve. pp. 249–250.
- ^ "AquaMaps for Cirolana cranchii (Year 2050 range)". EOL. Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ "Cirolana cranchii". EOL. Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ Kock, Alison; Stanbridge, Debbie; Brink, Rene; Holness, Stephen; Harris, Linda; Gardner, Kathryn; van Wilgen-Bredenkamp, Nicola; Mayekiso, Sisanda; Jones, Georgina. Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area – State of Knowledge Report March 2022 (PDF). Internal Report 01 / 2022 (Report). Pretoria: Scientific Services, South African National Parks.