Austroarcturus laevis (Kensley, 1975) Poore, 2003

Poore, G. C. B., 2003, Revision of Holidoteidae, an endemic southern African family of Crustacea, and re-appraisal of taxa previously included in its three genera (Isopoda: Valvifera), Journal of Natural History 37, pp. 1805-1846 : 1814-1815

publication ID

1464-5262

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DC5987CB-8F71-AE56-31D9-FADDFB9CBB59

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scientific name

Austroarcturus laevis (Kensley, 1975)
status

comb. nov.

Austroarcturus laevis (Kensley, 1975) View in CoL comb. nov.

(figure 1E, F)

Microarcturus laevis Kensley, 1975: 48–50 , figure 6a–l; Kensley, 1978b: 28, figure 12a–b; Kensley, 1984: 245, figure 15a–e.

Material examined

Numerous specimens of both sexes (one male dissected), SAM A13852 View Materials . One male, one female, NMV J47032 View Materials .

Diagnosis

Body dorsally smooth, mid-dorsal crest and tubercles absent. Pereonites 2 and 3 each laterally convex (less so in male), margin discontinuous; pereonite 4 barely

laterally expanded; pereonites 5–7 and pleonites not laterally expanded. Pleonite 3 smoothly domed. Male to 6.6 mm; female to 6.4 mm.

Remarks

A smooth body and separate convex pereonal margins are distinctive. The species occurs off False Bay, south-western South Africa, at 75 m depth.

SAM

South African Museum

NMV

Museum Victoria

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

Family

Holidoteidae

Genus

Austroarcturus

Loc

Austroarcturus laevis (Kensley, 1975)

Poore, G. C. B. 2003
2003
Loc

Microarcturus laevis

Kensley 1975: 48 - 50
1975
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