Description of four new species of the Cirolana ‘ parva group’ (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from Thailand, with supporting molecular (COI) data
Author
Eknarin Rodcharoen
Author
Niel L. Bruce
Author
Pornsilp Pholpunthin
text
Journal of Natural History
2016
2016-06-16
50
31 - 32
1935
1981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1180718
journal article
38764
10.1080/00222933.2016.1180718
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1464-5262
269029
Key to the species of the
cirolana
‘
parva
group
’
in
Thailand
1. Antennula peduncle with three articles; male pereopod 1 without setal fringe; penes two low tubercles, penial openings separated by 3% of sternal width; uropod peduncle ventrolateral margin with one sensory seta........
C. andamanensis
sp. nov.
Antennula peduncle with four articles; male pereopod 1 with setal fringe; penes two low tubercles, penial openings separated by 12
–
13% of sternal width; uropod peduncle ventrolateral margin with three sensory setae.................................................... 2
2. Pleonite 3 with posterolateral margins extending to but not beyond posterior margin of pleonite 5; pleopod 1 endopod with lateral margin concave, appendix masculina 1.4 times as long as pleopod endopod............ ...........
C. phangnga
sp. nov.
Pleonite 3 with posterolateral margins extending clearly beyond posterior margins of pleonites 4 and 5; pleopod 1 endopod with lateral margin straight, appendix masculina length greater than 1.4 times as long as pleopod endopod.. ................... 3
3. Uropodal rami apices equally and bifid; appendix masculina lateral margin curved, 1.6 times as long as pleopod endopod.. ..................... ....................
C. siamensis
sp. nov.
Uropodal rami apices with lateral process prominent; appendix masculina lateral margin straight, 1.9 times as long as pleopod endopod .........
C. thailandica
sp. nov.