Brasileirinidae, a new isopod family (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the cave in Bahia (Brazil) with a discussion on its taxonomic position Author Prevorčnik, Simona Author Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes Author Sket, Boris text Zootaxa 2012 3452 47 65 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.211428 3ccb09e9-8f6c-46e5-ac20-9eae8e230ad3 1175-5326 211428 Brasileirinidae fam. nov. Diagnosis. Body dorsoventrally depressed, pleon slightly concave. Pleonites I and II small, but not reduced to sternal parts. Pleotelson of pleonite VI and telson, reaching only about 1/5 of body and less than 45% of pleon length. Pleopods I and II absent in females, uniramous and apparently modified for copulatory purpose in males. Respiratory pleopods III–V present in both sexes, mutually similar, ramus small, tumescent, with transverse suture in the middle; other ramus absent or highly reduced (pleopods apparently uniramous).