Gnathiidae from Kumejima Island in the Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan, with description of three new species (Crustacea: Isopoda) *
Author
Ota, Yuzo
text
Zootaxa
2012
3367
79
94
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.209071
5d6f7106-bc7f-4487-bdfa-0cedaff94c70
1175-5326
209071
Gnathia camuripenis
Tanaka, 2004
Ganathia camuripenis
Tanaka, 2004
: 51
[
type
locality: Urasoko Bay, Ishigakijima Island,
Japan
, 24°27ʹN, 124°13ʹE]. —
Ota
et al
. 2007
: 1266
. —
Ota & Hirose 2009a
: 57
; 2009b: 49.— Ota 2010: 3; 2011: 49.
Material examined.
One male
3.15 mm
in total length (RUMF-ZC-1434), from sand and mud sediment, Stn. Dredge 68 (silver dredge), 26°19.095ʹN, 126°49.008ʹE – 26°18.898ʹN, 126°48.969ʹE,
10.7–17.1 m
depth, off Kumejima Island, the Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern
Japan
,
18 November 2009
.
Remarks.
Gnathia camuripenis
was originally recorded from a coral rubble trap that was placed in 0.5–1.0 m depth at Ishigakijima Island, south Ryukyus. Both adults and larvae were described in detail. The adult male of this species is easily distinguished from the other
Gnathia
species by remarkably large penes fused into a single crooked blade and mandible with 2 inner lobes (
Tanaka 2004
).