Joeropsis hamatilis, Kensley & Schotte, 2002

Kensley, B & Schotte, M, 2002, New species and records of Asellota from the Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda), Journal of Natural History 36, pp. 1421-1461 : 1432

publication ID

1464-5262

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5305585

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Joeropsis hamatilis
status

sp. nov.

Joeropsis hamatilis View in CoL sp. nov.

(gure 7A–C)

Type material. HOLOTYPE: USNM 253236 View Materials , 3.0 mm, sta JR-19 , sand at with Cymodocea seagrass and algae, Nosy Bé , Madagascar, 13ss31 ² 50¾S, 48ss32 ² 10¾E, <1 m, 31 December 1963 . PARATYPES: USNM 253237 View Materials , two 2.3–2.8 mm, one ovigerous 2.5 mm, one 2.3 mm, sta JR- 19, same data as holotype .

Diagnosis. Rostrum about three times wider than median length, anterior margin faintly concave. Lateral margins of cephalon entire. Lateral margins of pleotelson having six or seven teeth. Uropodal protopod with mesiodistal corner bearing strong tooth. Sparse line of red-brown pigment on anterior cephalon between eyes.

Etymology. The speci c name, from the Latin meaning ‘with hooks’, refers to the strong hook-like tooth on the uropodal protopod.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

Family

Joeropsididae

Genus

Joeropsis

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