Redescription of three cirolanid isopods (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Indonesia
Author
Sidabalok, Conni M.
Author
Bruce, Niel L.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4114
3
277
290
journal article
39012
10.11646/zootaxa.4114.3.4
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1175-5326
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Genus
Cirolana
Leach, 1818
Restricted synonymy.
Bruce 1986
: 139.—
Kensley & Schotte 1989
: 132.—
Brusca
et al.
1995
: 17.—
Schotte & Kensley 2005
: 1218.
Type
species.
Cirolana cranchii
Leach, 1818
; by monotypy (see
Bruce & Ellis 1983
).
Diagnosis.
Diagnoses to
Cirolana
have been provided by
Bruce (1986)
,
Kensley & Schotte (1989)
,
Brusca
et al.
(1995)
and
Schotte & Kensley (2005)
.
Remarks.
Cirolana
is the largest genus within the
Cirolanidae
with 128 species known to date (
Schotte
et al.
2008
onwards). New species have been and are being added over time (e.g.
Schotte & Kensley 2005
;
Khalaji-Pirbalouty & Wägele 2011
;
Rodcharoen
et al
. 2014
, in press) with 15 species described since 2005.
Bruce (1986)
proposed three species groups of
Cirolana
based on morphological similarities: the ‘
Cirolana parva
group’, the ‘
Cirolana
tuberculate group’ and the ‘
Cirolana
southern group’, but many species remain unplaced (e.g. see
Keable 2001
). Furthermore, the relationship between species in those groups has not been tested using phylogenetic methods and it has been suggested that
Cirolana
is a paraphyletic genus (
Moore & Brusca 2003
,
Riseman & Brusca 2002
).
Bruce (2004)
gave a detailed diagnosis to the ‘
Cirolana parva
group’.
Cirolana
is a predominantly marine genus with most species recorded from the intertidal to a depth of 200 metres, with a few species to 1200 metres (e.g.
Cirolana vanhoeffeni
Nierstrasz 1931
).
Bruce (1986)
and
Brusca
et al.
(1995)
reviewed the genus and provided species lists.