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1♁ (3.0 mm), stn. Chidiyatapu,
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, intertidal sand, coll.
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January 2019
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(Reg. no. BAKRZRL 2708); 2♁♁(2.6, 3.0 mm), stn.
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15
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January 2019
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(Reg. no. BAKRZRL 2709); 1♁ (
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January 2019
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; 1♁ (3.0 mm),
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(2.9, 3.0, 3.2,
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February 2019
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(Reg. no. BAKRZRL 2710)
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.
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oval, smooth, margins fringed with small setae; 2.0 times as long as greatest width, widest at pereonite 5.
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<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2D795800DDF9DF3C08F529" box="[199,312,1581,1607]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="580">Antennula</emphasis>
not extending to posterior of pereonite 1; peduncle article 1, 2.2 times as long as article 2, dorsal distal margin with 4 simple short setae, superior proximal margin with 2 simple short setae, medial margin with 3 long simple setae, many small fine setae, distal margin with 2 plumose setae, 5 simple short setae and inferior distal margin with 2 plumose setae, 2 simple short setae and many short fine setae; peduncle article 2 dorsal margin with 3 simple short setae, superior medial margin with 2 simple short setae, 1 plumose seta, distal margin with 2 plumose setae, 4 simple short setae and inferior margin with 3 simple short setae, many small fine setae; peduncle article 3, 1.5 times longer than article 2, dorsal medial margin with 1 simple short seta, superior medial margin with 3 short simple setae, many small fine setae, distal margin with 1 plumose seta, 3 simple short setae and inferior margin with 3 simple short setae, many small fine setae and 1 plumose seta; flagellum with 8 articles, articles 48 each bearing an aesthetasc.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B2D795D00DDF8833F0DF273" blockId="2.[151,1437,1113,2040]" lastBlockId="7.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="585" pageId="2" pageNumber="580">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2D795800DDF8833C13F4E5" box="[199,291,1905,1931]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="580">Antenna</emphasis>
extending to posterior of pereonite1, peduncle article 1 superior margin with 9 fine setae; article 2 dorsal medial margin with 1 simple short seta, superior margin with 2 short setae, many fine short setae and inferior margin with 2 short simple setae, 1 plumose seta; article 3 superior distal margin with 1 plumose seta, 2 short simple setae and inferior distal margin with 2 simple short setae; articles 4 and 5 sub-equal in length; article 4 superior medial margin with 2 simple short setae, many short fine setae, distal margin with 1 plumose seta, 1 simple short seta and inferior margin with 3 simple short setae; article 5 superior medial margin with 1 simple short seta, many fine setae, distal margin with 2 short simple setae, 1 plumose seta and inferior margin with 6 simple short setae; flagellum shorter than peduncle, with 9 articles.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA636E32B2C7959008DF8653E65F4BD" blockId="3.[151,1436,1943,2004]" pageId="3" pageNumber="581">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2C7959008DF8653C22F4C1" bold="true" box="[151,274,1943,1967]" pageId="3" pageNumber="581">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B2C7959010DF86A3F02F4DE" authority="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj, 2024" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[279,562,1944,1968]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="3" pageNumber="581" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2C7959010DF86A3F02F4DE" box="[279,562,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="581">Cassidinidea andamanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2C7959022DF86A3FB7F4DE" bold="true" box="[567,647,1944,1968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="581">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25E578A2B2C7959022DF86A3FB7F4DE" box="[567,647,1944,1968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="581" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype male (3.0 mm, Reg. no. BAKRZRL 2706). A, dorsal view; B, lateral view; C, frontal lamina; D, pleotelson apex; E, antennula; F, antenna.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF66666B2B2B795E008DF8653F8AF4BD" pageId="4" pageNumber="582" startId="4.[151,250,1943,1967]" targetBox="[205,1379,192,1918]" targetPageId="4" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B2B795E008DF8653F8AF4BD" blockId="4.[151,1437,1943,2004]" pageId="4" pageNumber="582">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2B795E008DF8653C27F4C1" bold="true" box="[151,279,1943,1967]" pageId="4" pageNumber="582">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B2B795E013BF86A3F70F4DE" authority="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj, 2024" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[289,576,1944,1968]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="582" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2B795E013BF86A3F70F4DE" box="[289,576,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="582">Cassidinidea andamanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2B795E0251F86A3FAFF4DE" bold="true" box="[587,671,1944,1968]" pageId="4" pageNumber="582">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25E578A2B2B795E0251F86A3FAFF4DE" box="[587,671,1944,1968]" pageId="4" pageNumber="582" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype male (3.0 mm, Reg. no. BAKRZRL 2706). A, maxilliped; B, maxillule; C, mandible; D, maxilla; E, penial process.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF66666B2B2A795F008DF8403C27F480" pageId="5" pageNumber="583" startId="5.[151,250,1970,1994]" targetBox="[156,1430,157,1924]" targetPageId="5" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B2A795F008DF8403C27F480" blockId="5.[151,1436,1970,2030]" pageId="5" pageNumber="583">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2A795F008DF8403C24F4A4" bold="true" box="[151,276,1970,1994]" pageId="5" pageNumber="583">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B2A795F0106F8403F0AF4A4" authority="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj, 2024" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[284,570,1970,1994]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="583" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2A795F0106F8403F0AF4A4" box="[284,570,1970,1994]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="583">Cassidinidea andamanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25E578A2B2A795F0258F8403FA5F4A7" box="[578,661,1970,1994]" pageId="5" pageNumber="583" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2A795F0258F8403FBFF4A4" bold="true" box="[578,655,1970,1994]" pageId="5" pageNumber="583">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, holotype male (3.0 mm, Reg. no. BAKRZRL 2706). AG, pereopods 17 respectively.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF66666B2B29795C008DF8653CA1F4BA" pageId="6" pageNumber="584" startId="6.[151,250,1943,1967]" targetBox="[179,1388,192,1909]" targetPageId="6" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B29795C008DF8653CA1F4BA" blockId="6.[151,1436,1943,2004]" pageId="6" pageNumber="584">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B29795C008DF8653C25F4DE" bold="true" box="[151,277,1943,1968]" pageId="6" pageNumber="584">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B29795C0104F86A3F0DF4DE" authority="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj, 2024" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[286,573,1944,1968]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="584" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B29795C0104F86A3F0DF4DE" box="[286,573,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="584">Cassidinidea andamanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25E578A2B29795C025FF86A3FAAF4C1" box="[581,666,1944,1968]" pageId="6" pageNumber="584" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B29795C025FF86A3FA4F4DE" bold="true" box="[581,660,1944,1968]" pageId="6" pageNumber="584">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, holotype male (3.0 mm, Reg. no. BAKRZRL 2706). AE, pleopods 15 respectively; F, uropods.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B28795D00DDFED53CDFF20B" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B28795D00DDFED53C1FF22E" box="[199,303,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">Epistome</emphasis>
anterior margin convex, bearing some marginal simple long setae interspersed among smaller fine setae; lateral margins concave.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B28795D00DDFE9D3DE7F2C3" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B28795D00DDFE9D3C04F2E7" box="[199,308,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">Maxillula</emphasis>
lateral endite with 10 simple and serrated RS; mesial endite with 4 long comb setae and 2 simple setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B28795D00DDFE453C5EF29B" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B28795D00DDFE453C2EF2BF" box="[199,286,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">Maxilla</emphasis>
lateral and middle endites each with 4 curved pectinate RS; mesial endite with 6 long finely plumose and long comb RS.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B28795D00DDFE0D396FF177" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,1119,510,537]" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B28795D00DDFE0D3C52F177" box="[199,354,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">Left mandible</emphasis>
palp articles 2 with 5 biserrate setae, article 3 with 4 biserrate setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B28795D00C9FDD1380DF10F" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B28795D00C9FDD13C7CF153" box="[211,332,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">Maxilliped</emphasis>
endite lateral margin sinuate, mesial margin with 1 coupling hook, distal margin with 8 long circumplumose and 3 simple RS; palp articles 25 both superior and inferior distal angles with long setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B28795D00DDFD9938B7F033" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B28795D00DDFD993C78F1EB" box="[199,328,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">Pereopod 1</emphasis>
basis 2.8 times as long as greatest width, superior margin with 3 plumose setae and inferior margin with 2 simple setae; ischium 3.2 times as long as greatest width, superior margin with 3 simple setae and inferior margin with 3 simple setae; merus 0.7 times as long as ischium, superior margin with 2 long simple RS, 1 short simple seta and inferior margin with 3 simple long setae; carpus sub-triangular, inferior margin with 3 simple RS; propodus 3.0 times as long as wide, superior margin with 1 long palmate seta, 2 short simple setae and inferior medial margin with 1 simple RS, 3 simple short setae, distal margin with 2 biserrate RS, 1 uniserrate RS; dactylus with an acute secondary unguis, superior margin with 1 simple seta and inferior margin with 2 long simple setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B28795D00DDFC95392AF713" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B28795D00DDFC953C7BF0EF" box="[199,331,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">Pereopod 2</emphasis>
basis 3.0 times as long as greatest width, superior margin with 1 plumose seta, 4 simple short setae, superior dorsal medial margin with 1 short seta and inferior margin with 4 simple setae, inferior dorsal medial margin with 1 short seta; ischium 3.4 times as long as greatest width, superior margin with 2 simple setae and inferior margin with 4 simple setae; merus 0.9 times as long as ischium, superior margin with 1 simple seta, 2 simple RS and inferior margin with 2 uniserrated RS and 1 simple RS; carpus superior margin with 2 biserrate RS and inferior margin with 2 simple setae; propodus 3.2 times as long as wide, superior margin with 1 plumose seta, 3 simple setae and inferior margin with 2 biserrate RS, 1 simple seta; dactylus with an acute secondary unguis, superior margin with 1 simple seta and inferior margin with 2 long simple setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B28795D00DDFB75384AF65F" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B28795D00DDFB753C77F7CF" box="[199,327,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">Pereopod 3</emphasis>
basis superior margin with 2 plumose setae, 4 simple setae and inferior margin with 3 simple setae; ischium superior margin with 3 simple setae and inferior margin with 5 simple setae; merus superior margin with 2 comb RS and inferior margin with 5 simple setae; carpus superior margin with 4 biserrate RS and inferior margin with 1 seta; propodus superior margin with 1 plumose seta, 4 simple setae and inferior margin with 4 simple setae; dactylus with an acute secondary unguis, superior margin with 3 simple setae and inferior margin with 2 simple long setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B28795D00D7FAC93FBFF567" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B28795D00D7FAC93C7DF63B" box="[205,333,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">Pereopod 4</emphasis>
basis superior margin with 3 plumose setae, 4 simple setae and inferior margin with 5 simple setae; ischium superior margin with 4 simple setae and inferior margin with 6 setae; merus superior margin with 2 comb RS, 1 simple seta and inferior margin with 5 simple setae; carpus superior margin with 4 biserrate RS, 1 short simple seta and inferior margin with 4 simple setae; propodus superior margin with 2 plumose setae, 3 simple setae and inferior margin with 7 simple setae; dactylus with an acute secondary unguis, superior margin with 3 simple setae and inferior margin with 2 long simple setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B28795D00DDF9E1394FF58F" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B28795D00DDF9E13C79F543" box="[199,329,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">Pereopod 5</emphasis>
basis superior margin with 3 plumose setae, 4 simple setae, superior dorsal medial margin with 1 short simple seta and inferior margin with 5 simple setae; ischium superior margin with 4 simple setae and inferior margin with 6 simple setae; merus superior margin with 2 comb RS, 1 simple seta and inferior margin with 3 simple setae; carpus superior margin with 4 biserrate RS and inferior margin with 3 simple setae; propodus superior margin with 1 plumose seta, 3 simple setae and inferior margin with 4 simple setae; dactylus with an acute secondary unguis, superior margin with 3 simple setae and inferior margin with 2 simple long setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B28795D00DDF9193865F4B3" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B28795D00DDF9193C7BF46A" box="[199,331,1770,1797]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="585">Pereopod 6</emphasis>
basis 3.0 times as long as greatest width, superior margin with 2 plumose setae, 5 simple setae and inferior margin with 1 plumose seta, 5 simple setae; ischium 3.4 times as long as greatest width, superior margin with 4 simple setae and inferior margin with 4 simple setae; merus 0.9 times as long as ischium, superior margin with 2 comb RS, 1 short simple seta and inferior margin with 5 simple setae; carpus superior margin with 3 biserrated RS, 1 uniserrated RS, 1 short simple seta and inferior margin with 5 simple setae; propodus 3.6 times as long as wide, superior margin with 1 plumose seta, 4 simple setae and inferior margin with 5 simple long setae; dactylus with an acute secondary unguis, superior margin with 3 setae and inferior margin with 2 long setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDFF653FBFF2E7" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDFF653C78F3DF" box="[199,328,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Pereopod 7</emphasis>
basis 3.2 times as long as greatest width, superior margin with 2 plumose setae, 4 simple setae and inferior margin with 5 simple setae; ischium 3.6 times as long as greatest width, superior margin with 4 simple setae and inferior margin with 10 simple setae; merus superior margin with 1 comb RS, 2 simple setae and inferior margin with 7 simple setae; carpus superior margin with group of biserrate RS, 3 short simple setae and inferior margin with 6 simple setae; propodus 3.6 times as long as width, superior margin with 2 plumose setae, 4 simple setae and inferior margin with 8 simple setae; dactylus with an acute secondary unguis, superior margin with 3 simple setae and inferior margin with 2 simple long setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDFE613EBCF2C3" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" box="[199,908,403,429]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDFE613C20F2C3" box="[199,272,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Penial</emphasis>
process subtriangular, 1.17 times as long as basal width.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDFE453DE7F10F" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDFE453C0CF2BF" box="[199,316,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Pleopod 1</emphasis>
exopod 1.2 times as long as wide, lateral margin weakly convex, distally narrowly rounded with weakly oblique medial margin, mesial margin weakly convex, with PMS from distal one-fourth, with 16 PMS; endopod 1.8 times as long as wide, lateral margin weakly convex, distally narrowly rounded with 8 PMS; peduncle 0.4 times as wide as long, sympod mesial margin with 3 coupling hooks, distolateral corner with short simple fine setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDFD9939BAF1A3" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDFD993C08F1EB" box="[199,312,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Pleopod 2</emphasis>
endopod and exopod with 12 and 15 PMS respectively, endopod slightly longer than exopod; sympod mesial margin with 3 coupling hooks;
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520258FD7D3E12F1C7" box="[578,802,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">appendix masculina</emphasis>
1.7 times as long as proximal width, 2.5 times as long as endopod, apically narrowly rounded, bearing minute short setae almost throughout length.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDFD253FE3F07B" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDFD253C0FF19F" box="[199,319,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Pleopod 3</emphasis>
endopod and exopod with 7 and 18 PMS respectively, endopod slightly shorter than exopod, subtriangular; exopod with weak transverse suture.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDFCED3C6CF033" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDFCED3C0EF057" box="[199,318,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Pleopod 4</emphasis>
without marginal setae; both rami subequal in length, exopod wider than endopod, with weak transverse suture.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDFC953E30F0CB" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDFC953C0DF0EF" box="[199,317,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Pleopod 5</emphasis>
without marginal setae; exopod with two scale patches, scales with 714 spinules of sub-equal length; endopod entirely covered with transverse folds.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDFC5D39D9F083" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDFC5D3C2DF0A7" box="[199,285,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Uropod</emphasis>
extending to distal margin of pleotelson; endopod 3.5 times length of exopod; distally rounded, exopod and endopod lateral margins fringed with long slender setae interspersed among smaller fine setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDFC053EABF77F" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" box="[199,923,1015,1041]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDFC053C18F77F" bold="true" box="[199,296,1015,1041]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Female:</emphasis>
Body wider than male, about 1.9 times as long as wide.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDFBE8382BF75B" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" box="[199,1307,1050,1077]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDFBE83C30F75A" bold="true" box="[199,256,1050,1076]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Size:</emphasis>
Adult males (n=10) 2.33.0 mm (mean
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); females (n=7)
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(mean 3.0 mm).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30365682B27795300DDFBCD3FC2F22F" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="587" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDFBCD382FF7CF" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDFBCD3C0DF737" bold="true" box="[199,317,1087,1113]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Remarks:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B2779520153FBCD3FB8F737" authority="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj, 2024" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[329,648,1087,1113]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520153FBCD3FB8F737" box="[329,648,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Cassidinidea andamanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B277952028EFBCD3FC3F737" bold="true" box="[660,755,1087,1113]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25E578A2B277952028EFBCD3FC3F737" box="[660,755,1087,1113]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be separated from other species of the genus by the prominently convex epistome anterior margin, pleotelson with a smooth dorsal surface, posterior margin subtruncate and weakly convex with small setae and the appendix masculina distal margin being narrowly rounded.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDFB5938B1F6AF" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B27795200DDFB593F30F7AB" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[199,512,1195,1221]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamanensis">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDFB593F30F7AB" box="[199,512,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Cassidinidea andamanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ from
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B2779520292FB593929F7AB" authority="Schotte &amp; Kensley, 2005" authorityName="Schotte &amp; Kensley" authorityYear="2005" box="[648,1049,1194,1221]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clarkae">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520292FB593FCCF7AB" box="[648,764,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">C. clarkae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF884B122B2779520319FB593929F7AB" author="Schotte, M. &amp; Kensley, B." box="[771,1049,1194,1221]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" pagination="1211 - 1282" refId="ref5774" refString="Schotte, M. &amp; Kensley, B. (2005) New species and records of Flabellifera from the Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda). Journal of Natural History, 39 (16), 1211 - 1282. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930400005757" type="journal article" year="2005">Schotte &amp; Kensley, 2005</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from the
<collectingCountry id="F30E76732B277952049CFB593831F7AB" box="[1158,1281,1195,1221]" name="Seychelles" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Seychelles</collectingCountry>
, in having the epistome lateral margins concave (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520207FB3D3F04F786" box="[541,564,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
sub-parallel in
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B27795202F9FB3D3E67F787" authorityName="Schotte &amp; Kensley" authorityYear="2005" box="[739,855,1231,1257]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clarkae">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795202F9FB3D3E67F787" box="[739,855,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">C. clarkae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), epistome lacking incurving extensions posteriorly (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200BBFB013D88F662" box="[161,184,1267,1292]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
incurving extensions posteriorly), pleotelson dorsal surface smooth (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795203A4FB013EE5F662" box="[958,981,1267,1292]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
four very weak longitudinal carinae, not tuberculate), pleotelson posterior margin sinuate with small setae (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520376FAE53EB3F65E" box="[876,899,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
smooth and without setae), pereonite 7 and pleon lacking scattered tubercles (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795201D6FAC93CD3F63A" box="[460,483,1339,1364]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
pereonite 7 and pleon with few scattered tubercles), pereopod 1, propodus inferodistal angle with two prominent biserrate setae, one pectinate seta (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B277952035AFAAD3E67F616" box="[832,855,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
two prominent biserrate setae), appendix masculina twice as long as endopod (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795201DAFA713CE7F6F2" box="[448,471,1411,1436]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
extending beyond endopod by one-third total length).
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B2779520421FA713844F6F3" authority="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj, 2024" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[1083,1396,1411,1437]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520421FA713844F6F3" box="[1083,1396,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Cassidinidea andamanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520561FA713DF3F6AF" bold="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25E578A2B2779520561FA713DF3F6AF" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" rank="species">sp. nov</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
; differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B2779520145FA553CE3F6AF" authorityName="Schotte &amp; Kensley" authorityYear="2005" box="[351,467,1447,1473]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clarkae">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520145FA553CE3F6AF" box="[351,467,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">C. clarkae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having a slightly more elongate body (2.0 times as long as greatest width
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520535FA553876F6AE" box="[1327,1350,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
1.8).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDFA393EABF5F7" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B27795200DDFA393F34F68B" authority="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj, 2024" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[199,516,1483,1509]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDFA393F34F68B" box="[199,516,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Cassidinidea andamanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520215FA393F5CF68B" bold="true" box="[527,620,1483,1509]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25E578A2B2779520215FA393F5CF68B" box="[527,620,1483,1509]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B2779520316FA39394AF68B" authority="(Joshi &amp; Bal, 1962)" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="Joshi &amp; Bal" baseAuthorityYear="1962" box="[780,1146,1483,1509]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="extenda">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520316FA393EB7F68B" box="[780,903,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">C. extenda</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF884B122B2779520383FA393942F68B" author="Joshi, U. N. &amp; Bal, D. V." box="[921,1138,1483,1509]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" pagination="372 - 376" refId="ref5203" refString="Joshi, U. N. &amp; Bal, D. V. (1962) Cassidina extenda, a new species of isopod from Bombay. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, 56, 372 - 376. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 03051980" type="journal article" year="1962">Joshi &amp; Bal, 1962</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F30E76732B27795204DCFA393815F68B" box="[1222,1317,1483,1509]" name="India" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Bombay</collectingCountry>
in having pleotelson with a sub-truncate apex (2.2 times width of anterior margin of the pleotelson), (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520483FA1D3980F566" box="[1177,1200,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
narrowly truncate or possibly narrowly rounded (1.1 times width of anterior margin of the pleotelson in
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B2779520451F9E139F4F543" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="Joshi &amp; Bal" baseAuthorityYear="1962" box="[1099,1220,1555,1581]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="extenda">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520451F9E139F4F543" box="[1099,1220,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">C. extenda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), pleotelson dorsal surface smooth, unornamented (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520210F9C53F11F53E" box="[522,545,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
with two submedian longitudinal ridges), uropodal endopod distally broadly rounded (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B277952011EF9A93C2BF51A" box="[260,283,1627,1652]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
distally narrow with a straight mesial margin and curved lateral margin), and each pereonite lacking a submedian pair of tubercles along the mid-dorsal region (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520301F98D3E02F5F6" box="[795,818,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
present).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDF9513999F447" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B27795200DDF9513F31F5D3" authority="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj, 2024" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[199,513,1699,1725]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDF9513F31F5D3" box="[199,513,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Cassidinidea andamanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520210F9513F54F5D3" bold="true" box="[522,612,1699,1725]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25E578A2B2779520210F9513F54F5D3" box="[522,612,1699,1725]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
may be separated from another Indian Ocean species,
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B27795204CBF9513C28F58F" authority="Pillai, 1954" authorityName="Pillai" authorityYear="1954" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadricarinata">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795204CBF95138ADF5D3" box="[1233,1437,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">C. quadricarinata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF884B122B277952008DF9353C28F58F" author="Pillai, N. K." box="[151,280,1734,1761]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" refId="ref5604" refString="Pillai, N. K. (1954) A preliminary note on the Tanaidacea and isopod of Travancore. Bulletin of the Central Research Institute, University of Travancore India, 3,1 - 21." type="book" year="1954">Pillai, 1954</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from Thiruvananthapuram, by the pleotelson dorsal surface being smooth (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520479F935394AF58E" box="[1123,1146,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
dorsum with four distinct longitudinal rows of tubercles in
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B277952020AF9193FEBF46B" authorityName="Pillai" authorityYear="1954" box="[528,731,1771,1797]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadricarinata">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B277952020AF9193FEBF46B" box="[528,731,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">C. quadricarinata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), pereopod 1, propodus inferodistal angle with two prominent biserrate setae, one pectinate seta (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520206F8FD3F03F446" box="[540,563,1807,1832]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
one large biserrate seta on the propodus of pereopod 1).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B27795200DDF8C13C70F4D7" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B27795200DDF8C13F33F423" authority="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj, 2024" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[199,515,1843,1869]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795200DDF8C13F33F423" box="[199,515,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Cassidinidea andamanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520216F8C13F58F423" bold="true" box="[524,616,1843,1869]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25E578A2B2779520216F8C13F58F423" box="[524,616,1843,1869]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differ from
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B27795202EDF8C1391CF423" authority="(Barnard, 1951)" baseAuthorityName="Barnard" baseAuthorityYear="1951" box="[759,1068,1842,1869]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="monodi">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B27795202EDF8C13E5EF423" box="[759,878,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">C. monodi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF884B122B2779520365F8C13914F423" author="Barnard, K. H." box="[895,1060,1842,1869]" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" pagination="698 - 709" refId="ref4580" refString="Barnard, K. H. (1951) New record and descriptions of new species of isopods and amphipods from South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 12, 4 (43), 698 - 709. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222935108654195" type="journal article" year="1951">Barnard, 1951</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
from the Indian Ocean coast of
<collectingCountry id="F30E76732B277952008DF8A53C17F41F" box="[151,295,1879,1905]" name="South Africa" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">South Africa</collectingCountry>
from the Bashee River,
<collectingRegion id="49DDF8012B2779520223F8A53FFFF41F" box="[569,719,1879,1905]" country="South Africa" name="Eastern Cape" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Eastern Cape</collectingRegion>
to Khosi Bay,
<collectingRegion id="49DDF8012B2779520362F8A53901F41F" box="[888,1073,1879,1905]" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">Kwa-Zulu Natal</collectingRegion>
, in the pleotelson dorsal surface being smooth (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B277952015BF8893C68F4FA" box="[321,344,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
four low, rounded keels on the pleotelson in
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B2779520346F8893EE2F4FB" baseAuthorityName="Barnard" baseAuthorityYear="1951" box="[860,978,1915,1941]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="monodi">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520346F8893EE2F4FB" box="[860,978,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">C. monodi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), apex of pleotelson truncate (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2779520537F8893874F4FA" box="[1325,1348,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="586">vs</emphasis>
bluntly rounded apex).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B26795300DDFF653FC2F22F" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,393]" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B26795300DDFF653F35F3DF" authority="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj, 2024" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[199,517,151,177]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="587" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B26795300DDFF653F35F3DF" box="[199,517,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">Cassidinidea andamanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B267953020AFF653F5EF3DF" bold="true" box="[528,622,151,177]" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25E578A2B267953020AFF653F5EF3DF" box="[528,622,151,177]" pageId="9" pageNumber="587" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is somewhat similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B2679530395FF653833F3DF" authority="(Say, 1818)" baseAuthorityName="Say" baseAuthorityYear="1818" box="[911,1283,151,177]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="587" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovalis">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2679530395FF653940F3DF" box="[911,1136,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">Cassidinidea ovalis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF884B122B2679530499FF6539CBF3DF" author="Say, T." box="[1155,1275,151,177]" pageId="9" pageNumber="587" pagination="374 - 401" refId="ref5724" refString="Say, T. (1818) An account of the Crustacea of the United States, part 7. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1, 374 - 401. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / part / 244400]" type="journal article" year="1818">Say, 1818</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, known only from eastern
<collectingCountry id="F30E76732B267953012BFF493CFAF3BB" box="[305,458,187,213]" name="United States of America" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">United States</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF884B122B26795301C1FF493E50F3BB" author="Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V. &amp; Bruce, N. L." box="[475,864,187,213]" pageId="9" pageNumber="587" pagination="494 - 502" refId="ref5323" refString="Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V. &amp; Bruce, N. L. (2021) Redescription of the type species of the genus Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae), with notes on geographic distribution of the New World species. Marine Biology Research. 494 - 502. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 17451000.2021.1990958" type="book chapter" year="2021">Khalaji-Pirbalouty &amp; Bruce 2021</bibRefCitation>
), and shares characters such as the lack of dorsal ornamentation.
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B267953015DFF2D3FB1F397" authority="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj, 2024" authorityName="Anil &amp; Bruce &amp; Samson &amp; Jayaraj" authorityYear="2024" box="[327,641,223,249]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="587" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B267953015DFF2D3FB1F397" box="[327,641,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">Cassidinidea andamanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2679530292FF2D3FD2F397" bold="true" box="[648,738,223,249]" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25E578A2B2679530292FF2D3FD2F397" box="[648,738,223,249]" pageId="9" pageNumber="587" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B267953036DFF2D3963F397" baseAuthorityName="Say" baseAuthorityYear="1818" box="[887,1107,223,249]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="587" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovalis">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B267953036DFF2D3963F397" box="[887,1107,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">Cassidinidea ovalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having a convex epistome anterior margin (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2679530149FEF13C5AF272" box="[339,362,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">vs</emphasis>
transversely straight in
<taxonomicName id="4C194D602B267953026CFEF13E61F273" baseAuthorityName="Say" baseAuthorityYear="1818" box="[630,849,259,285]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Cassidinidea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="587" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovalis">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B267953026CFEF13E61F273" box="[630,849,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">Cassidinidea ovalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), pleotelson lacking weak median elevation dorsally (
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B26795300BBFED53D88F22E" box="[161,184,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">vs</emphasis>
bearing a single, weak median elevation dorsally).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30365682B26795300DDFEB839B5F20B" box="[199,1157,330,357]" pageId="9" pageNumber="587" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BA636E32B26795300DDFEB839B5F20B" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,393]" box="[199,1157,330,357]" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">
<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B26795300DDFEB83C53F20A" bold="true" box="[199,355,330,356]" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">Distribution:</emphasis>
Known only from the
<typeStatus id="54A288412B2679530279FEB93FA3F20B" box="[611,659,331,357]" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">type</typeStatus>
locality, South Andaman, Andaman Islands.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B26795300DDFE9D3C62F2E7" bold="true" box="[199,338,367,393]" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">Etymology:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96DEAF12B2679530143FE9D3FA2F2E7" box="[345,658,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="587">Cassidinidea andamanensis</emphasis>
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is named for the
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locality.
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