Joeropsis indica Müller, 1991c

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 : 1432-1434

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scientific name	Joeropsis indica Müller, 1991c
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Material examined. USNM 253227 View Materials , ve, nine, one juvenile, sta K-SEY-21, clumps of Amphiroa alga on reef at, Anse Marie Louise , Mahé Island, Seychelles, 1 m, 5 February 1989 ; USNM 253229 View Materials , three, two, from four stations, Mahé Island, Seychelles, intertidal to 1 m ; USNM 253230 View Materials , two, one ovigerous, two, one juvenile, from three stations on Aldabra , intertidal to 3 m ; ZMUC, one ovigerous

, one, two juveniles, sta CRU-1899, intertidal reef at, Matemwe , Zanzibar, 9ss13¾S, 35ss10¾E, 5 September 1995; ZMUC , one, sta CRU-1901, in Sargassum alga, reef pools, Matemwe , Zanzibar, 9ss13¾S, 35ss10¾E, 25 November 1995 .

Diagnosis. Rostrum about twice wider than long, anterior margin straight, truncate. Lateral margins of cephalon entire. Lateral margins of pleotelson having four to six teeth, interspersed with ne setae. Uropodal basis having strong mesiodistal hook. Broad red-brown band of pigment on cephalon, stretching between eyes laterally, falling short of anterior and posterior margins of cephalon.

Previous records. Sri Lanka, intertidal.