Nomenclatural changes in two families of asellote isopods (Acanthaspidiidae and Ischnomesidae)
Author
Merrin, Kelly L.
Author
Poore, Gary C. B.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4013
1
139
142
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.10
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1175-5326
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Ischnomesus kussakini
nom. nov.
Bactromesus antarcticus
Kussakin, 1982: 95
.
Etymology.
In honour of Oleg Kussakin, who first described this species.
Remarks
.
Bactromesus antarcticus
Kussakin, 1982
was described from specimens collected from the South
Shetland Islands
.
Kussakin (1988)
synonymised
Bactromesus
Wolff, 1962
with
Ischnomesus
Richardson, 1908
, thus transferring his and the two original species of
Bactromesus
to
Ischnomesus
. However,
Schultz (1979)
had already described
Ischnomesus antarcticus
Schultz, 1979
from west of the Anvers
Island
, and thus
I. antarcticus
(Kussakin, 1982)
is a junior homonym. A replacement name,
Ischnomesus kussakini
nom. nov.
is here proposed.
I. kussakini
nom. nov.
can be distinguished from
I. antarcticus
by the absence of dorsal and lateral spines on the cephalon and body.