Phoratopus

Phoratopus remex is a species of isopod crustaceans known from only two specimens, and first described in 1925 by Herbert Matthew Hale (1895–1963).^[2] It lives on the continental shelf at Encounter Bay and Fowlers Bay, South Australia.^[3][4] Unlike all other Isopods, it is placed in its own family, Phoratopodidae and suborder, Phoratopidea.^[5][6]

Phoratopus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Phoratopidea Brandt & Poore, 2003
Family:	Phoratopodidae Hale, 1925
Genus:	Phoratopus Hale, 1925
Species:	P. remex
Binomial name
Phoratopus remex Hale, 1925 [1]