New species and records of Asellota from the Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda)
Author
Kensley, B
Author
Schotte, M
text
Journal of Natural History
2002
36
1421
1461
journal article
1464-5262
Joeropsis indica
Müller, 1991c
(gure 7G–I)
Material examined.
USNM 253227
, ve, nine,
one juvenile
, sta K-SEY-21, clumps of
Amphiroa
alga on reef at,
Anse Marie Louise
,
Mahé Island
,
Seychelles
,
1 m
,
5 February 1989
;
USNM 253229
, three, two, from four stations,
Mahé Island
,
Seychelles
, intertidal to
1 m
;
USNM 253230
, two, one ovigerous, two,
one juvenile
, from three stations on
Aldabra
, intertidal to
3 m
;
ZMUC
, one ovigerous
FIG. 7. (A) Male
Joeropsis hamatilis
sp. nov.
; (B) male pleopod 1; (C) uropod; (D) male
Joeropsis lentigo
sp. nov.
; (E) male pleopod 1; (F) uropod; (G) male
Joeropsis indica
; (H) male pleopod 1; (I) uropod; (J) male
Joeropsis pentagona
sp. nov.
; (K) uropod; (L) male
Joeropsis pleurion
sp. nov.
; (M) uropod; (N) male pleopod 1.
,
one,
two juveniles
, sta CRU-1899, intertidal reef at,
Matemwe
,
Zanzibar
, 9ss13¾S, 35ss10¾E,
5 September 1995
;
ZMUC
,
one, sta CRU-1901, in
Sargassum
alga, reef pools,
Matemwe
,
Zanzibar
, 9ss13¾S, 35ss10¾E,
25 November 1995
.
Diagnosis.
Rostrum about twice wider than long, anterior margin straight, truncate. Lateral margins of cephalon entire. Lateral margins of pleotelson having four to six teeth, interspersed with ne setae. Uropodal basis having strong mesiodistal hook. Broad red-brown band of pigment on cephalon, stretching between eyes laterally, falling short of anterior and posterior margins of cephalon.
Previous records.
Sri Lanka
, intertidal.