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.