Paraeragia, An & Zhang & Paulay, 2017

An, Jianmei, Zhang, Pengchi & Paulay, Gustav, 2017, A new genus and two new species of Argeiinae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae) from the Indo-west Pacific, Journal of Natural History 51 (7 - 8), pp. 405-420 : 409-410

Subfamily Argeiinae Markham, 1977

Paraeragia gen. nov.

Diagnosis

Female. Body distorted. Head quadrate, without frontal lamina, extending into a distorted pereomere 1; maxilliped with setose palp. Pereon broader than long; with reduced coxal plates on pereomeres; first oostegite with nearly smooth ridge. Pleon of six separate pleomeres; first five with lateral plates and uniramous pleopods; uropods uniramous.

Male. Head oblong, with dark eyes. All seven pereomeres of equal width; first two pereopods with much larger dactyli than subsequent pereopods. Pleonal segments fused; pleopods absent.

Etymology. Paraeragia is derived from the name of the most similar genus, Eragia . Gender feminine.

Type species: Paraeragia kiribatiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., by present designation.