Global InformationCirolana mercuryi information
| Cirolana mercuryi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Subphylum: | Crustacea
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| Class: | Malacostraca
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| Order: | Isopoda
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| Family: | Cirolanidae
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| Genus: | Cirolana
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| Species: | C. mercuryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirolana mercuryi Bruce, 2004 [1]
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Cirolana mercuryi is a species of isopod found on coral reefs off Bawe Island, (Zanzibar, Tanzania) in East Africa and named for Freddie Mercury, "arguably Zanzibar's most famous popular musician and singer".[1][2]
- ^ a b Niel L. Bruce (2004). "Cirolana mercuryi sp. nov., a distinctive cirolanid isopod (Flabellifera) from the corals reefs of Zanzibar, East Africa". Crustaceana. 76 (9): 1071–1081. doi:10.1163/156854003322753420. S2CID 86086908.
- ^ Mark Isaak (2008-12-29). "Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature".