Typhlocirolana cf. fontis (Gurney, 1908)

Mahi, Abdelhakim, Taleb, Amina, Belaidi, Nouria & Messana, Giuseppe, 2017, Typhlocirolanalongimera sp. n. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from north-western Algerian ground waters with notes on Algerian Typhlocirolana, Subterranean Biology 22, pp. 27-41 : 32

Typhlocirolana cf. fontis (Gurney, 1908)

Cirolana fontis , Gurney 1908: 682-685

Typhlocirolana fontis , Racovitza 1912: 254-261, figs 49-53; Monod 1930: 139, 143, 144, 146-150, 152, 153, 155; Nourisson 1956: 103, 113-116, 121.

Material examined.

Sidna Youchaa 181 ♂♂, 138 ♀♀, Octobre 2010, A. Mahi legit; Ghazaouet, 32 ♂♂, 42 ♀♀, date, A. Mahi legit, MZUF Coll. Crust. 4754.

Remarks.

These specimens are most similar to Typhlocirolana fontis by the presence of propodial organ in male, endite of maxilliped with 1-2 hooks, chaetotaxy of pleopods 1 (19 plumose setae on exopod and 11 plumose setae on endopod of Ghazaouet collection; and 23 plumose setae on exopod and 14 plumose setae on endopod of Sidna Youcha) and pleopod 2 (21 plumose setae on exopod and 7 plumose setae on endopod of Ghazaouet collection; and 26 plumose setae on exopod and 6 plumose setae on endopod of Sidna Youcha) (Fig. 7).