Hansenium remocarpus, 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 : 1448

Hansenium remocarpus sp. nov.

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Type material. HOLOTYPE: USNM 253198 , Õ 3.4 mm, sta K-SEY-15, coral rubble and encrusting coralline algae, Anse à la Mouche, Mahé Island, Seychelles, 2–5 m, 1 May 1984 . PARATYPES: USNM 253199 , three 2.5–3.0 mm, one ovigerous

3.4 mm, two, same data as holotype; USNM 253200 , one ovigerous 2.5 mm, sta K-SEY-16, algal turf on dead coral, Anse à la Mouche, Mahé Island, Seychelles, 2–5 m, 1 May 1984 .

Diagnosis. Rostrum wider than long, anterior margin straight. Pleotelson width subequal to middorsal length; lateral margin with single tooth. Eyes reniform. Dorsum with scattered red-brown pigment, not in any clearly de ned pattern. Pereopod 1 in male, carpus with broadly ovate posterodistal lobe almost reaching distal margin of propodus, margins setose; propodal palm with two triangular teeth and single low bump; dactylus just overreaching outermost propodal tooth. Operculum of female shield-shaped, about 1.20 times longer than wide.

Etymology. The speci c name is a combination of remo- from the Latin remus, an oar or paddle, plus - carpus, the fth article of the pereopod, and refers to the shape of the carpus of pereopod 1 in the male.