Mexicope sushara sp. nov., the first New Zealand record of the isopod crustacean family Acanthaspidiidae (Asellota) Author Bruce, Niel L. text Zootaxa 2004 489 1 11 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.157599 8513ef9b-6d05-40fa-b118-f59174aaceb3 1175­5326 157599 644DD810-75F5-419F-B76F-799FE93575B0 Family Acanthaspidiidae Menzies, 1962 Remarks .– For discussion on the family see Brandt (1991) , Just (2001) and Poore & Lew Ton (2002) . Brandt (1991) provides details and a key to separate the genera Acanthaspidia and Ianthopsis . There are differing opinions as to the spelling of the family name. I am of the opinion that the stem is Acanthaspidi– (by removal of the feminine genitive ending of the type genus name), and therefore the spelling is Acanthaspidiidae . This is also the prevailing usage in recent years ( Brandt 1991 ; Just 2001 ; Martin & Davis 2001 ; Poore & Lew Ton 2002 ).