New species Victoriopisa bruneiensis and Apocorophium acutum (Chevreux, 1908) from Brunei (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda)
Author
Hossain, M. Belal
Author
Hughes, L. E.
text
Zootaxa
2016
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3
375
386
journal article
38954
10.11646/zootaxa.4117.3.5
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Victoriopisa bruneiensis
sp. nov.
Figs 6–9
Type
material.
Holotype
female,
10.8 mm
, dissected, 4 slides, AM P. 97896, Sungai
Brunei
Estuary,
Brunei
River,
Brunei
, South
China
Sea (48°45′–
58°02′N
114°858′–115°810′E),
0.5–1.5 m
, attached to green algal matt from intertidal hard substratum,
June 2012
, coll. M. Belal Hossain.
Type
locality.
Sungai
Brunei
Estuary,
Brunei
River,
Brunei
, South
China
Sea (48°45′–
58°02′N
, 114°858′– 115°810′E).
Description.
Of
holotype
female,
10.8 mm
, AM P. 97896.
Head
.
Eyes
present; lateral cephalic lobes absent, lacking notch or slit, anteroventral corner rounded.
Antenna 1
longer than antenna 2; peduncular article 1 shorter than article 2, without robust setae along posterior margin; peduncular article 2 not geniculate,
distal margins with cluster of slender setae;
flagellum with 34 articles; accessory flagellum with 2 articles.
Antenna 2
peduncular article 2 cone gland not reaching to end of peduncular article 3; article 4 shorter than article 5; flagellum with 2–3 articles (damaged, not illustrated).
Mandible
palp article 1 not produced distally, shorter than article 2, about twice as long as broad; article longer than article 3; article 3 rectolinear, with medial and apical slender setae, longer than article 1.
Maxilla 1
inner plate setose along entire inner margin, with medialfacial row.
FIGURE 6.
Victoriopisa bruneiensis
sp. nov.
holotype female habitus10.8 mm, AM P. 97896, Sungai Brunei Estuary, Brunei River, Brunei, South China Sea.
FIGURE 7.
Victoriopisa bruneiensis
sp. nov.
holotype female habitus 10.8 mm, AM P. 97896, Sungai Brunei Estuary, Brunei River, Brunei, South China Sea, scales 0.1 mm.
Pereon
.
Gnathopod 1
coxa anteroventral corner produced, rounded, posteroventral corner notch absent; merus without posterodistal margin with row of robust setae, without spine; carpus with rows of setae; propodus distally broad, palm subacute, convex, lined with slender and 6 robust setae, definedby posterodistal corner.
Gnathopod 2
subchelate; coxa posteroventral corner notch absent; merus with subquadrate posteroventral corner; carpus compressed; propodus without medial depression,
palm
length 0.6 times propodus posterior margin, subacute, concave, sculptured, with 2 midpalmar robust setae and with group of anterodistal robust setae, defined by posteroventral corner with robust seta; dactylus with postroproximal tooth, apically subacute, closing short of palm.
Pereopod 5
basis posterior margin straight, posteroventral corner narrowly subquadrate.
Pereopod 6
coxa anterior lobe ventral margin slightly produced, rounded; basis posterior margin straight, posteroventral corner subquadrate.
Pereopod 7
basis posterior margin convex, with posterior margin minutely castelloserrate, posteroventral corner broadly rounded.
Pleon.
Epimera 1–3
posteroventral margin smooth, without plumose setae, posteroventral corner with small acute tooth.
Urosomites 1–3
dorsally smooth.
Uropod 1
peduncle with basofacial seta; rami subequal, 0.8 times peduncle length.
Uropod 2
rami subequal, length subequal to penducle.
Uropod 3
unknown.
Telson
with 1 pair of apical robust setae, apically rounded, conical extension absent.
Remarks.
Victoriopisa bruneiensis
sp. nov.
is the fourth species in the genus documented to have eyes, along with
V. chilkensis
(
Chilton, 1921
)
,
V. Ryukyuensis
Morino, 1991
and
V. tinggiensis
Lim
et al
., 2010
. The presence of only distal bunches of slender setae in
V. bruneiensis
sp. nov.
is similar to
V. ryukyuensis
.The epimera 1 to 3 with small posteroventral tooth separates
V. bruneiensis
sp. nov.
from
V. ryukyuensis
and
V. tinggiensis
.
Distribution.
South
China
Sea:
Brunei
(current study).