Brucerolis Brandtae
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''Brucerolis'' is a genus of
isopod Isopoda is an Order (biology), order of crustaceans. Members of this group are called isopods and include both Aquatic animal, aquatic species and Terrestrial animal, terrestrial species such as woodlice. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons ...
s in the family Serolidae, found in the
Southern Ocean The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60th parallel south, 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica. With a size of , it is the seco ...
. The genus was first described in 2009 by Gary Poore and Melissa Storey, and the genus name honours Niel L. Bruce.


Species

There are ten recognized species: *'' Brucerolis brandtae'' Storey & Poore, 2009 *'' Brucerolis bromleyana'' (Suhm, 1876) *'' Brucerolis cidaris'' (Poore & Brandt, 1997) *'' Brucerolis howensis'' Storey & Poore, 2009 *'' Brucerolis hurleyi'' Storey & Poore, 2009 *'' Brucerolis macdonnellae'' (Menzies, 1962) *'' Brucerolis maryannae'' (Menzies, 1962) *'' Brucerolis nowra'' Poore & Storey, 2009 *'' Brucerolis osheai'' Storey & Poore, 2009 *'' Brucerolis victoriensis'' Storey & Poore, 2009 Serolis bromleyana - Brehms Tierleben X Niedere Tiere.png, '' Brucerolis bromleyana'' Brucerolis nowra (10.3897-zookeys.18.129) Figure 5.png, '' Brucerolis nowra'' Brucerolis brandtae 02.jpg, '' Brucerolis brandtae''


References

Sphaeromatidea Isopod genera {{isopod-stub