Pentias Richardson, 1904

Kim, Sung Hoon, Jung, Tae Won & Yoon, Seong Myeong, 2020, Two new species of idoteid isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Idoteidae) from Korea, Zootaxa 4858 (2), pp. 186-200 : 192

Genus Pentias Richardson, 1904

Type species. Pentias hayi Richardson, 1904 by original designation.

Species included. Pentias hayi Richardson 1904 , Japan ( Richardson, 1904); Pentias thompsoni Collinge, 1916 , Japan ( Collinge 1916), Korea ( Song & Min 2015); Pentias arimotoi Rafi, 1973 , Japan ( Rafi 1973); Pentias namikawai Nunomura, 2006 , Japan ( Nunomura 2006).

Diagnosis. Body oblong to elongate; pleon with 1 articulating pleonite and 2 partial sutures or without articulating pleonite and with 3 partial sutures. Flagellum of antenna muti-articulate. Maxillipedal palp not fused, 5-articled. Pereopods slender and short; dactylus of pereopods bi-unguiculate ( Rafi 1973).