Phreatoicopsis
| Phreatoicopsis | |
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| Phreatoicopsis raffae photographed in Grampians National Park, Victoria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Phreatoicidea |
| Family: | Phreatoicopsidae |
| Genus: | Phreatoicopsis Spencer & Hall, 1896 |
| Type species[1] | |
| Phreatoicopsis terricola Spencer & Hall, 1896 | |
| Species[1] | |
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Phreatoicopsis is a genus of semi-terrestrial isopods in the family Phreatoicopsidae. The genus includes two species, both endemic to Victoria, Australia.
Taxonomy and history
The genus Phreatoicopsis, so named for its resemblance to Phreatoicus, was erected in 1896 by Baldwin Spencer and Thomas Sergeant Hall as a monospecific genus containing the sole species Phreatoicopsis terricola.[1][2] A second species, Phreatoicopsis raffae, was described in 2002 from specimens collected in the Grampians National Park.[1][3]
Phreatoicopsis is a sister group to Synamphisopus, and the two form a monophyletic clade.[3]
Distribution
Phreatoicopsis species are endemic to Victoria in south-eastern Australia.[4] P. raffae is known from the Grampians National Park, while P. terricola is known from the Otway Ranges.[3]
Species
The genus Phreatoicopsis includes two species:[1]
- Phreatoicopsis raffae Wilson & Keable, 2002
- Phreatoicopsis terricola Spencer & Hall, 1896
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Phreatoicopsis Spencer & Hall, 1896". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ Spencer, Baldwin; Hall, T. S. (1896). "Description of a new genus of terrestrial Isopoda, allied to the genus Phreatoicus". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 9: 12–21. ISSN 0035-9211. OCLC 1371070444 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- 1 2 3 Wilson, G. D. F.; Keable, S. J. (2002). "New Phreatoicidea (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Grampians National Park, with revisions of Synamphisopus and Phreatoicopsis". Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 59 (2): 457–530. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2002.59.10. ISSN 1447-2554. OCLC 61566084.
- ↑ Wilson, George D. F. (2012). Suter, Philip (ed.). Key to the Genera of Phreatoicidea (Crustacea, Isopoda). Freshwater Taxonomy Workshop. Wodonga, Victoria, Australia: La Trobe University. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.4340.6244. Retrieved 19 July 2026 – via ResearchGate.