Myopiarolis Bruce, 2009

Spong, Keren & Bruce, Niel L., 2015, A new deep-water species of Myopiarolis Bruce, 2009 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Serolidae) from New Zealand waters, Zootaxa 4057 (2), pp. 257-264 : 258

Myopiarolis Bruce, 2009

Myopiarolis Bruce, 2009: 38 .

Caecoserolis— Poore and Brandt, 1997: 161 (part).

Type species: Myopiarolis systir Bruce, 2009 ; by original designation.

Remarks. The genus can be identified by the following combination of characters: small lenticular eyes (<5% head width) when present, coxae 2–4 distally truncate forming continuous body outline, broad but posteriorly produced coxa 6 that extend laterally along the pleotelson, pleonites 2 and 3 that curve posteriorly and run along the side of the pleotelson, but are laterally overlapped by coxa 6, antenna with slender peduncle articles 4 and 5 (4.6–6.3 and 8.6–10.3 times as long as wide, respectively). Compared to other serolid genera the uropods are short (<0.3 pleotelson), inserted ventrally about halfway along the pleotelson lateral margins, and the rami are consistently bluntly rounded. Females are similar to males, differing only in somatic ornamentation. Bruce (2009) listed the then known species of the genus together with a key to these species.