Dynamene magnitorata Holdich, 1968
(a sea-slater)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDynamene magnitorata (a sea-slater)
GenusDynamene (a genus of crustaceans)
FamilySPHAEROMATIDAE (a family of sea slaters)
SuperfamilySPHAEROMATOIDEA (a superfamily of crustaceans)
SuborderSPHAEROMATIDEA (a suborder of crustaceans)
OrderISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)
SuperorderPERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
SubclassEUMALACOSTRACA (a subclass of crustaceans)
ClassMALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Dynamene magnitorata (a sea-slater) :
1: Dynamene magnitorata (a sea-slater)
21 Jan 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, from (mostly red) seaweed in rock pool at low tide
Image 1: Female - abdomen - postero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Female - almost curled up - latero-ventral view - highly enlargedImage 3: Female - almost curled up - latero-ventral view - magnifiedImage 4: Female - almost curled up - latero-ventral view - magnified (2)Image 5: Female - curling up - ventro-lateral view - highly enlargedImage 6: Female - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 7: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 8: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged (3)Image 9: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged (4)Image 10: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged (5)Image 11: Female - head - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 12: Female - latero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 13: Female - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 14: Female - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged (3)Image 15: Female - ventral view - magnified

Dynamene magnitorata (a sea-slater) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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Has recently been found on the shore in Dorset and Cornwall.

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