Joeropsis algensis, 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 : 1430

publication ID

1464-5262

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5305575

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Joeropsis algensis
status

sp. nov.

Joeropsis algensis View in CoL sp. nov.

(gure 6A–C)

Type material. HOLOTYPE: USNM 253362 About USNM , 1.7 mm, sta K-SEY-15, coral rubble with algal turf, Mahé Island, Seychelles, 2–3 m, 1 May 1984 . PARATYPES: USNM 253213 About USNM , two 1.6–2.0 mm, sta K-SEY-23, intertidal algal turf on reef crest, Mahé Island, Seychelles, 25 February 1989 .

Diagnosis. Rostrum low, twice wider than midlength, anterior margin convex. Lateral margins of cephalon entire. Lateral margins of pleotelson with four small teeth. Uropodal basis with strong mediodistal tooth. Red-brown network of pigment on dorsal cephalon, faint pigment streaks on rst four pereonites, two small patches anteriorly on pleotelson.

Etymology. The speci c name, from the Latin meaning ‘from algae’, refers to the species’ habitat.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

Family

Joeropsididae

Genus

Joeropsis

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