Princaxelia jamiesoni | |
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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: | Amphipoda
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Family: | Pardaliscidae
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Genus: | Princaxelia
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Species: | P. jamiesoni
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Binomial name | |
Princaxelia jamiesoni Lörz, 2010
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Princaxelia jamiesoni is a species of amphipod crustacean described in 2010. The type material of Princaxelia jamiesoni was collected on September 30, 2008 from a depth of 7,703 metres (25,272 ft) in the Japan Trench (36°14.96′N 142°49.01′E / 36.24933°N 142.81683°E). Further material was collected in 2009 from the Izu–Ogasawara Trench (27°22.09′N 143°13.49′E / 27.36817°N 143.22483°E) at a depth of 9,316 m (30,564 ft).[1] It is named after Alan Jamieson, a marine biologist from the University of Aberdeen.[1]