New species and records of Asellota from the Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda)
Kensley, B
Schotte, M
Journal of Natural History
2002
36
1421
1461
6ZKVY
Kensley & Schotte, 2002
Kensley & Schotte
2002
[435,699,1389,1413]
Malacostraca
Stenetriidae
Stenetrium
Animalia
Isopoda
32
1452
Arthropoda
species
assumentum
sp. nov.
Type material. HOLOTYPE: ZMUC, 4.9 mm, sta CRU-1904, intertidal reef at, Bawe Island, Zanzibar, 26 September 1995. PARATYPES: ZMUC, two 3.5–4.8 mm, one ovigerous 6.0 mm, USNM 253292, one 4.5 mm, sta CRU-1890, coral heads in sand, Changuu Island, Zanzibar, 7 m, 19 September 1995. Diagnosis.Cephalon with strong anterolateral and antennal teeth; rostrum basally broader than long, anterior margin straight. Eyes reniform. Scattered reticulation of red-brown pigment on cephalon, pereonites and pleotelson, latter with large strongly pigmented middorsal patch at base. Pereopod 1 of male, carpus not produced posterodistally; propodus expanded, with strong tooth demarcating palm, followed by two small teeth, deep U-shaped emargination plus single tooth close to articulation of dactylus; latter with about 15 small setae on cutting margin. Operculum of female roughly pentagonal, 1.5 times longer than wide. FIG. 19. Stenetrium assumentum sp. nov.: (A) male dorsal view; (B) male pereopod 1; (C) female pereopod 1; (D) male pleopod 2; (E) male pleopod 1; (F) female opercular pleopod 2. Etymology.The speci c name, from the Latin assumentum, a patch, refers to the strong blob of pigment at the base of the pleotelson.
1995-09-26
ZMUC
Tanzania
Bawe Island
32
1452
1
holotype
ZMUC
Tanzania
32
1452
1
paratype
1995-09-19
USNM
Tanzania
7
Changuu Island
32
1452
USNM 253292
1
paratype