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
Pseudojanira stenetrioides
Barnard, 1925
Pseudojanira stenetrioides
Barnard, 1925: 406
; WolV, 1962: 252; Kensley, 1977: 251; Wilson, 1986: 351;
Poore and Just, 1990: 521
;
Serov and Wilson, 1999: 73
.
Material examined.
USNM 253322
, six
2.1–3.2 mm
, three ovigerous
2.5–3.2 mm
, one,
two juveniles
,
IIOE
sta 400C, south of
Beira
,
Mozambique
, 19ss51¾S, 36ss21¾E,
62 m
,
3 October 1964
;
USNM 235323
, one, one,
three juveniles
,
IIOE
sta 372G, oV southern
Mozambique
, 24ss53¾S, 34ss56¾E,
55 m
,
19 August 1964
.
Previous records.
Zululand
coast,
South Africa
, in coral
1–2 m
;
southern
Mozambique
, grey sand,
55 m
.
Remarks.
The distinctive colour pattern of this species consists of strong redbrown pigment on most of the dorsum of the cephalon, a small median spot on pereonite 5, and a more diVuse reticulation on the pleotelson. Contrary to Wilson (1986), examination of the
type
material (SAM-A1534 5) shows that
P
.
stenetrioides
does have a tiny tooth and associated seta on each side of the pleon. The rostrum of this species is anteriorly rounded with a hyaline margin, but never toothed.