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).