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
Hansenium remocarpus
sp. nov.
(gure 16)
Type material.
HOLOTYPE
:
USNM 253198
, Õ
3.4 mm
, sta K-SEY-15, coral rubble and encrusting coralline algae, Anse à
la Mouche
,
Mahé Island
,
Seychelles
,
2–5 m
,
1 May 1984
.
PARATYPES
:
USNM 253199
, three 2.5–3.0 mm, one ovigerous
3.4 mm
, two, same data as
holotype
;
USNM 253200
, one ovigerous
2.5 mm
, sta K-SEY-16, algal turf on dead coral, Anse à
la Mouche
,
Mahé Island
,
Seychelles
,
2–5 m
,
1 May 1984
.
Diagnosis.
Rostrum wider than long, anterior margin straight. Pleotelson width subequal to middorsal length; lateral margin with single tooth. Eyes reniform. Dorsum with scattered red-brown pigment, not in any clearly de ned pattern. Pereopod
1 in
male, carpus with broadly ovate posterodistal lobe almost reaching distal margin of propodus, margins setose; propodal palm with two triangular teeth and single low bump; dactylus just overreaching outermost propodal tooth. Operculum of female shield-shaped, about 1.20 times longer than wide.
Etymology.
The speci c name is a combination of
remo-
from the Latin
remus
, an oar or paddle, plus -
carpus
, the fth article of the pereopod, and refers to the shape of the carpus of pereopod
1 in
the male.