Joeropsis pleurion, 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 : 1434-1435

Joeropsis pleurion sp. nov.

(gure 7L –N)

Type material. HOLOTYPE: USNM 253233, 2.2 mm, sta K-AL-70, algal turf of Halimeda and Gracillaria on reef at, Aldabra, 1 m, 25 February 1989. PARATYPES: USNM 253234, two 1.4–2.0 mm, sta K-ALD-70, same data as holotype; USNM 253235, one 1.7 mm, sta K-ALD-13, coralline-encrusted rubble under Thalassodendron seagrass, Aldabra, 6 m, 3 April 1983.

Diagnosis. Rostrum basally broader than long, anterior margin truncate. Lateral margins of cephalon entire. Pereonite 4 with two low, rounded, submedian longitudinal ridges. Lateral margins of pleotelson entire. Uropodal basis with mesiodistal hook. Red-brown transverse band of pigment across posterior half of cephalon, and across pereonite 4.

Etymology. The speci c name, from the Latin for ‘rib’, refers to the two rounded ridges on pereonite 4.