New genera and species of sphaeromatid isopod crustaceans from Australian marine coastal waters
Author
Bruce, N. L.
text
Memoirs of Museum Victoria
2003
2003-12-31
60
2
309
369
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-2-2003/pages-309-369/
journal article
10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.28
1447-2554
12209846
Margueritta
Bruce
Margueritta
Bruce, 1993: 164
.
Type
species.
Margueritta sylviae
Bruce, 1993
, by original designation.
Species included and distribution.
Margueritta sylviae
Bruce, 1993
;
Margueritta sandyi
sp. nov.
; southern WA.
Remarks.
The new species differs from the
type
species in the brood-pouch morphology. The
type
species was re-examined to ensure that the original diagnosis was correct.
Harrison (1984a)
considered brood-pouch morphology to show important generic characters, and the differences between the two species could be considered to be of generic merit. However some genera, such as
Sphaeroma
(
Harrison, 1984a
)
are known to be variable, and the two species
Margueritta
otherwise agree.