Joeropsis lentigo, 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 : 1434

Joeropsis lentigo sp. nov.

(gure 7D–F)

Type material. HOLOTYPE: USNM 253222 , 1.5 mm, sta K-SEY-16, algal turf on dead coral, Anse à la Mouche, Mahé, Seychelles, 2–5 m, 1 May 1984 . PARATYPES: USNM 253223 , one 1.3 mm, one ovigerous 1.2 mm, one 1.3 mm, sta K-SEY-16, same data as holotype ; USNM 253224 , one 1.8 mm, one ovigerous 1.3 mm, sta K-AL-86, reef crest rubble with encrusting red coralline algae, Picard Island , Aldabra, 9ss24¾S, 46ss12¾E, 1 m, 12 March 1986 ; USNM 253225 , two 0.9–1.2 mm, one ovigerous 1.4 mm, one 1.0 mm, sta K-SEY-15, coral rubble with encrusting red coralline algae, Anse à la Mouche, Mahé Island, Seychelles, 2.5 –5 m, 1 May 1984 .

Other material. USNM 253226 , one, ve ovigerous, one, two juveniles , from four stations, on Aldabra, 2–16 m.

Diagnosis. Integument bearing numerous scattered setae. Rostrum broader than long, anterior margin evenly convex. Lateral margins of cephalon entire. Pleotelson width subequal to median length, lateral margins of pleotelson bearing three to six spines on each side. DiVuse dorsal red-brown pigment on cephalon, all pereonites, and anterior pleotelson, strongest on cephalon.

Etymology. The speci c name, from the Latin meaning ‘lentil-shaped’, refers to the pigment pattern on the cephalon of this species.