Revision of Austrosignum Hodgson and Munnogonium George & Strömberg (Paramunnidae) with descriptions of eight new genera and two new species, (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota)
Author
Just, Jean
Author
Wilson, George D. F.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1515
1
29
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.177291
f56cdaa1-a402-4512-af2f-04da945e3b75
1175-5326
177291
Zizzygonium
gen. nov.
Type
species
.
Paramunna magellanensis
Winkler, 1994
. —Here designated.
Species included
.
Zizzygonium magellanensis
(
Winkler, 1994
)
,
comb. nov.
Diagnosis
.
Body
ovate.
Head
front margin concave in middle in dorsal view, broadly rounded laterally.
Pereonites
dorsally smooth.
Pleotelson
lateral margins denticulate.
Eyestalks
robust, apex rounded, slightly longer than wide, with proximal constriction.
Antennula
article 1 much shorter than eyestalk.
Antenna
article 3 lateral margin broadly expanded, convex.
Mandible palp
present.
Pereopod I
carpus oval, with 2 straight robust setae posteriorly; propodus with 1 robust setae on posterior margin.
Pereopod II
carpus and propodus posterior margin with a few short robust setae.
Uropod
endopod straight, apex truncate.
FIGURE 11
.
Tethygonium quadricuspis
gen. nov.
, sp. nov., holotype, female.
ll
, lower lip;
md
, right mandible;
mx1
, maxilla 1;
mxp
, maxilliped;
pl3
and
4
, pleopods 3 and 4;
ul
, upper lip.
Etymology
. The genus name is comprised of an arbitrary combination of letters and the traditional paramunnid ending –
gonium
.
Distribution
. Magellan Channel,
Chile
.
9–
12 m
.
Remarks
.
Zizzygonium
gen. nov.
differs from the other genera treated here by the combination of concave front margin of the head, a laterally bulging article 3 of the antenna, the presence of a mandible palp, oval pereopod I carpus, and denticulate pleotelson margins.