Diastylis racovitzai Bacescu & Petrescu, 1991
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Diastylis racovitzai Bacescu & Petrescu, 1991
- Name authority
- Bacescu & Petrescu, 1991
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Cumacea
- Family
- Diastylidae
- Genus
- Diastylis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumCrustacea
- classMalacostraca
- orderCumacea Krøyer, 1846
- familyDiastylidae Bate, 1856
- genusDiastylis Say, 1818
- speciesDiastylis racovitzai Bacescu & Petrescu, 1991
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Diastylis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Diastylis abbreviata G.O. Sars, 1871 | DiastylidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diastylis acuminata Jones, 1960 | DiastylidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diastylis algoae Zimmer, 1908 | DiastylidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diastylis ambigua Le Loeuff & Intes, 1972 | DiastylidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diastylis anderssoni Zimmer, 1907 | DiastylidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diastylis antillensis Sars, 1873 | DiastylidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diastylis argentata Calman, 1912 | DiastylidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diastylis bacescui (Gamô, 1999) | DiastylidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diastylis bispinosa (Stimpson, 1853) | DiastylidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diastylis boecki Zimmer, 1930 | DiastylidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diastylis bradyi Norman, 1879 | DiastylidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diastylis brasilianus Bacescu & Petrescu, 1991 | DiastylidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Bacescu, M., & Petrescu, I. (1991). New Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarids) from the littoral waters of Brazil. Travaux Du Musum d’Histoire Naturelle Gigore Antipa, 31, 327–340. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:35FRG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.