''Uramphisopus pearsoni'' is a species of
isopod
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...
crustaceans in the family
Phreatoicidae
Phreatoicidae is a family (biology), family of blind, freshwater isopods. They have survived apparently unchanged for 350 million years, and are only found in South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand. They were first found near Christchurch ...
. It is only found in
Brandum Bay basin in the north of
Great Lake,
Tasmania.
References
Isopod genera
Freshwater crustaceans of Australia
Vulnerable fauna of Australia
Endemic fauna of Tasmania
Invertebrates of Tasmania
Monotypic crustacean genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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