Cassidinidea ovalis (Say, 1818)

Khalaji-Pirbalouty, Valiallah & Gagnon, Jean-Marc, 2023, Illustrated catalogue of sphaeromatoid isopods (Crustacea, Malacostraca) in the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN), Zoosystematics and Evolution 99 (2), pp. 375-389 : 375

Cassidinidea ovalis (Say, 1818)

Fig. 1D

Naesa ovalis Say, 1818: 484-485.

Cassidena lunifrons Richardson, 1900: 222.

Naesa ovalis Richardson, 1900: 224.

Cassidina lunifrons .- Richardson 1901: 533, fig. 14.

Cassidisca lunifrons .- Richardson 1905: 273, figs 283-284.

Cassidisca ovali .- Richardson, 1905: 274, figs 283, 205.

Cassidinidea ovalis .- Hansen, 1905: 130; Menzies and Frankenberg 1966: 44 fig. 20; Schultz 1969: 115, fig. 158; Kussakin 1979: 336, figs 199-200; Heard 1982: 32, fig. 35; Kensley and Schotte 1989: 208, fig. 92; Bruce 1994: 1151, fig. 45; Camp et al. 1998: 136; Kensley and Schotte 1999: 701-702; Khalaji-Pirbalouty and Bruce 2021: 494-502, figs 2-5.

Type locality.

St John’s River in Florida.

Material examined.

USA. 4 ♂♂ (up to 3 mm) , 8 ♀♀ (up to 3.2 mm); South Carolina, Georgetown County; 26 Apr. 1965; E.L. Bousfield leg.; CMNC 1992-0582 . 1 ♂ (2.8 mm), 6 ♀♀ (up to 3.2 mm); South Carolina, Charleston County, 25 Apr. 1965; E.L. Bousfield leg.; CMNC 1991-2575 . 2 ♀♀ (up to 3 mm); North Carolina, Dare County; 11 Apr. 1975; E.L. Bousfield leg.; CMNC 1985-0643 . 1 ♀ (3.1 mm); North Carolina, Tyrrell County, 11 Apr. 1975; E.L. Bousfield leg.; CMNC 1985-0644 .

Distribution.

Eastern coast of North America from New Jersey to Florida ( Khalaji-Pirbalouty and Bruce 2021).

Genus Cassidinopsis Hansen, 1905

Figures

Figure 1. A. Bathycopea daltonae (Menzies & Barnard, 1959), male, (CMNC 1985 - 0633); B. Female, pleotelson; C. Amphoroidea typa Milne Edwards, 1840, female, (CMNC 1992 - 0567); D. Cassidinidea ovalis (Say, 1818) male, (CMNC 1992 - 0582); E. Cassidinopsis emarginata (Guerin-Meneville, 1843), male, (CMNC 1985 - 0636); F. Pleotelson dorsal view; G. Pleotelson ventral view.