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, by monotypy. Gender neuter.
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Remarks. The genus is readily separated from all others of the family except
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Several accounts illustrate the maxilliped as having only three articles (
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). Examination of Atlantic specimens of
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(ZMUC CRU2073-2076) show that a small fourth maxilliped article (as illustrated here in Fig. 2G) is in fact present. The generic diagnosis given here is based on the
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species and the new species described herein. The extent of character variation within the genus is not possible to assess as the remaining species are inadequately described.
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Species of the genus have been recorded at depths between 146 and
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.
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<paragraph blockId="1.[1612,1932,414,453]" box="[1612,1932,414,453]" pageId="1" pageNumber="114">Species included</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authority="Kononenko, 1988" authorityName="Kononenko" authorityYear="1988" box="[1279,1995,505,546]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aegidae" genus="Syscenus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atlanticus">
<emphasis box="[1279,1635,505,546]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="114">Syscenus atlanticus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="Kononenko, A. F." box="[1666,1995,505,546]" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" pagination="266 - 269" refId="ref3562" refString="Kononenko, A. F., 1988. A new parasitic isopode Syscenus atlanticus n. sp. (lsopoda, Aegidae) from the Atlantic Ocean. Parazitologiya (Leningrad) 22: 266 - 269. [In Russian.]" type="journal article" year="1988">Kononenko, 1988</bibRefCitation>
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.
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species has been recorded from a single
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location at a depth between
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is not possible to characterise this species against other congeneric species, although the original figures suggest that it differs from
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in having a broadly rounded pleotelson, and far longer antennal flagellae, supported by the examination of previously unreported material (ZMUC
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).
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<taxonomicName authority="Harger, 1880" authorityName="Harger" authorityYear="1880" box="[1280,1793,966,1006]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aegidae" genus="Syscenus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="infelix">
<emphasis box="[1280,1552,966,1006]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="114">Syscenus infelix</emphasis>
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. The
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species and the most widely recorded species of the genus. The
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locality is &quot;
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northeast of Cape Cod,&quot; northwestern Atlantic (
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). The species has been reported from depths between 146 and
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; records are from the northeastern and northwestern North Atlantic (
<bibRefCitation author="Richardson, H." box="[1294,1631,1241,1281]" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" pagination="1 - 727" refId="ref3834" refString="Richardson, H., 1905. A monograph on the isopods of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 54: 1 - 727." type="journal article" year="1905">Richardson, 1905</bibRefCitation>
),
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(
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) the
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(
<bibRefCitation author="Richardson, H." box="[1495,1803,1287,1327]" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" pagination="1" refId="ref3907" refString="Richardson, H., 1910. Marine isopods collected in the Philippines by U. S. Fisheries Steamer &quot; Albatross &quot; in 1907 - 08. Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Fisheries Document 736: 1 -- 44." type="journal article" year="1910">Richardson, 1910</bibRefCitation>
),
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(
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) and
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(
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). Given the differences noted between Japanese and Atlantic specimens, the condition of the Philippine specimen, and lack of detail in the early records, confirmation of all these localities is required.
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<taxonomicName authority="Richardson, 1910" authorityName="Richardson" authorityYear="1910" box="[1280,1999,1612,1650]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aegidae" genus="Syscenus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="intermedius">
<emphasis box="[1280,1655,1612,1650]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="114">Syscenus intermedius</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Richardson, H." box="[1686,1999,1612,1650]" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" pagination="1" refId="ref3907" refString="Richardson, H., 1910. Marine isopods collected in the Philippines by U. S. Fisheries Steamer &quot; Albatross &quot; in 1907 - 08. Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Fisheries Document 736: 1 -- 44." type="journal article" year="1910">Richardson, 1910</bibRefCitation>
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. Known only from the
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, Albatross Station 5301.
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<taxonomicName authority="Richardson, 1909" authorityName="Richardson" authorityYear="1909" box="[1280,1887,1750,1790]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aegidae" genus="Syscenus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="latus">
<emphasis box="[1280,1539,1750,1790]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="114">Syscenus latus</emphasis>
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.
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only from
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, taken at a depth of
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, southwest of
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, c.
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129°20 -23'E.
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<taxonomicName authority="Nunomura, 1981" authorityName="Nunomura" authorityYear="1981" box="[1280,1916,1935,1975]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aegidae" genus="Syscenus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pacificus">
<emphasis box="[1280,1600,1935,1975]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="114">Syscenus pacificus</emphasis>
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. Known only from the East
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Sea,
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660-
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.
<bibRefCitation author="Nunomura, N." box="[1898,2198,1982,2021]" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" pagination="13 - 18" refId="ref3791" refString="Nunomura, N., 1981. Three species of flabelliferan isopods (Crustacea) from the East China Sea, including the description of a new species of Syscenus. Bulletin of the Toyama Science Museum 12: 13 - 18." type="journal article" year="1981">Nunomura (1981</bibRefCitation>
, p. 16) apparently believed that he was describing only the second species of the genus, overlooking the publications of
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,
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) and
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. The illustrations of
<bibRefCitation author="Nunomura, N." box="[1822,2140,2165,2205]" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" pagination="13 - 18" refId="ref3791" refString="Nunomura, N., 1981. Three species of flabelliferan isopods (Crustacea) from the East China Sea, including the description of a new species of Syscenus. Bulletin of the Toyama Science Museum 12: 13 - 18." type="journal article" year="1981">Nunomura (1981)</bibRefCitation>
show striking points of resemblance to S.
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<emphasis box="[1915,1994,2211,2251]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="114">latus</emphasis>
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from the same area and the validity of S.
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<emphasis box="[1748,1902,2257,2296]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="114">pacificus</emphasis>
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is open to question.
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<taxonomicName authority="Menzies &amp; George, 1972" authorityName="Menzies &amp; George" authorityYear="1972" box="[1280,2139,2350,2390]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aegidae" genus="Syscenus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peruanus">
<emphasis box="[1280,1625,2350,2390]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="114">Syscenus peruanus</emphasis>
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. The species is based on a juvenile with eyes, taken from the Peru-Chile Trench at a depth of
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.
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