Eurydice arabica Jones, 1974

Jones, David Alan & Nithyanandan, Manickam, 2012, Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Eurydice Leach, 1815 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Arabian region, including three new species, Zootaxa 3314, pp. 45-57 : 55

Eurydice arabica Jones, 1974

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Eurydice arabica Jones 1974: 202 , fig. 2a–g.— Bruce 1986: 221.

Material examined. 3 females ( SMF 40852) low tide, subtidal sand, Bahrain sta. 850805A5, Mashtan Island, coll. D.A. Jones 1985; 1 juv ( SMF 40853) subtidal sand, Kuwait, Al-Ahmad Sea City waterways, sta. NS06 coll. B.R. Sontakke 2009.

Remarks. This species has been extensively collected in the Red Sea ( Jones 1974; Dexter 1986 /7; Dexter 1989) from intertidal sand, but present records from Bahrain and Kuwait are the first for the Arabian Gulf.

The appendix masculina and pleotelson posterior margin are figured ( Fig. 5 a, b), together with those of E. paxilli ( Fig. 5 d, e) and E. inermis ( Fig. 5 f) to assist with the identification key.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Eurydice marzouqui sp. nov. 3 paratype (SMF 34841): a, pleopod l; b, pleopod 2 with appendix masculina; c, uropod. Eurydice tridentata sp. nov. paratype (SMF 34844): d, pleopod l; e, pleopod 2 with appendix masculina; f, uropod. Eurydice marisrubri (SMF 34846): g, pleopod 1; h, uropod; i, pleopod 2 with appendix masculina. Eurydice peraticis 4.0 mm 3 (SMF 39707): j, pleopod 2 with appendix masculina. Horizontal scale = 1.0 mm, vertical scale = 0.1 mm.