New species and records of Asellota from the Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda) Author Kensley, B Author Schotte, M text Journal of Natural History 2002 36 1421 1461 journal article 1464-5262 Joeropsis arpedes sp. nov. (gure 6D, E) Type material. HOLOTYPE : USNM 253214 , 1.5 mm , sta K-SEY-23, algal turf on reef crest, Mahé Island , Seychelles , 0.5 m , 25 February 1989 . Diagnosis. Rostrum wider than long, anterior margin straight. Lateral margins of cephalon entire. Pleotelson wider than median length, lateral margins bearing ve small spines on each side. Uropodal basis with mesiodistal spine. Dark purple-red pigment in band on cephalon between eyes, produced posteromedially; pereonites 3 and 6, and anterior pleotelson with transverse band of pigment. Etymology. The speci c name, from the Latin for at or level, refers to the species’ truncate rostrum.