Natatolana honu | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Family: | Cirolanidae |
Genus: | Natatolana |
Species: | N. honu
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Binomial name | |
Natatolana honu
Keable, 2006
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Natatolana honu is a species of crustacean in the family Cirolanidae, and was first described by Stephen John Keable in 2006. [2] [1] The species epithet, honu, comes from a Maori word meaning "deep". [1]
It is a benthic species, living at depths of 1120 - 1313 m in temperate waters, [3] off the west coasts of the North and South Islands of New Zealand. [1]