Pleopodias sp.

Hadfield, Kerry A. & Smit, Nico J., 2017, Revision of the fish parasitic genus Pleopodias Richardson, 1910 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae), with the description of a new species and key to the genus, ZooKeys 667, pp. 21-37 : 26

Pleopodias sp.

Pleopodias elongatus Barnard, 1936: 167-168, fig. 7 f–g. (not P. elongatus Richardson, 1910).

Pleopodias sp. Bruce, 1987: 87, figs 1-2.-Trilles, 1994: 109.

Material.

Ovigerous female (14.5 mm TL), 232 km north of Port Hedland, Western Australia, 10 Oct 1982, 298-300 m depth, coll: L. Marsh & S. Slack-Smith on FRV Soela (WAM 607-80). Also noted: Specimen is crushed within the tube. Not examined.

Ovigerous female (15.5 mm TL), 370-419 fathoms, north of Andaman Islands (14°13'N; 93°40'E). Not examined.

Distribution.

Andaman Islands and Australia ( Barnard 1936; Bruce 1987).

Hosts.

Not known.

Remarks.

Bruce (1987) reported what appears to be an undescribed Pleopodias species; however, the Australian specimen is crushed and the whereabouts of Barnard’s specimen is unknown. This species differs from P. elongatus (which it was originally identified as by Barnard) in having a sub-truncate and very narrow pleotelson, uropods which extend to the posterior margin of the pleotelson, antennula bases contiguous, a shorter rostrum, larger eyes, and a less laterally rounded pereonite 7. A tentative description of the Australian specimen was provided by Bruce (1987) but more specimens (in good condition) are required in order to describe the species.