Mizothenar serratum, Kensley & Schotte, 2002
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FCF375-FFA8-D342-86C8-2E34E751FA31 |
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Felipe |
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Mizothenar serratum |
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sp. nov. |
Mizothenar serratum View in CoL sp. nov.
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Type material. HOLOTYPE: USNM 253201 View Materials , ovigerous 2.2 mm, sta K-AL-124, coral rubble on fore-reef slope, Picard Island , Aldabra, 9ss24¾S, 46ss12¾E, 21 m, 13 April 1987 . PARATYPES: USNM 253202 View Materials , one 2.1 mm, sta K-AL-24, live broken coral, fore-reef slope, Picard Island , Aldabra, 12 m, 6 April 1983 ; USNM 253203 View Materials , three 2.1–2.2 mm, sta K-AL-65, coralline-encrusted rubble, mouth of Passe Gionnet , Aldabra, 16 m, 17 March 1985 ; USNM 253204 View Materials , one 2.0 mm, sta K-SEY-15, coral rubble on fore-reef slope, Cinq Cases , Aldabra, 13 m, 4 April 1983 .
Other material. ZMUC, two, sta CRU-1896, sand, Bawe Island , Zanzibar, 10 m, 21 September 1995 ; ZMUC, one, sta CRU-1926, Murogo Reef , Zanzibar, 9 m, 20 September 1995 .
Diagnosis. Discrete rostrum lacking, anterior margin of cephalon slightly concave between antennular bases. Pleotelson very slightly longer than greatest width, lateral margin with about ten spines. Ommatidia arranged roughly in circle. Dorsum with scattered red-brown pigmentation, not in any clearly de ned pattern. Pereopod 1 in female with propodus distally broadly expanded, palm convex, with row of about 14 short serrate setae, single strong articulated posterodistal robust seta. Operculum of female with slit in distal third.
Etymology. The speci c name refers to the serrate lateral margins of the pleotelson.
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Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen |
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