Stenetrium assumentum, 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 : 1452-1453

publication ID	1464-5262
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5305655
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FCF375-FF96-D37C-86BA-2E28E542FABA
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Stenetrium assumentum
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Stenetrium assumentum View in CoL sp. nov.

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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 About USNM , 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.

Etymology. The speci c name, from the Latin assumentum , a patch, refers to the strong blob of pigment at the base of the pleotelson.