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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/40967001-288A-433E-8B14-A411034CE8A7" class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana songkhla" order="Isopoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="songkhla">Cirolana songkhla</taxonomicName>
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Figs 2-6
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana parva" order="Isopoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parva">Cirolana parva</taxonomicName>
?:
<bibRefCitation author="Chilton, C" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Indian Museum" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="875 - 895" title="Fauna of the Chilka Lake." volume="5" year="1924">Chilton 1924</bibRefCitation>
: 883,
<bibRefCitation author="Chilton, C" journalOrPublisher="Records of the Indian Museum" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="173 - 185" title="Zoological results of a tour in the Far East. The Tanaidacea and Isopoda of Tale Sap." volume="2" year="1926">1926</bibRefCitation>
: 180 (misidentification as
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Hansen, 1890 in part of freshwater records only; same species as
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana songkhla" order="Isopoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="songkhla">Cirolana songkhla</taxonomicName>
sp. n.).
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Material examined.</paragraph>
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Holotype, ♂ (13.7 mm), middle part of Songkhla Lake, Phattalung province,
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="7.4848332">07°29.09'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="100.33517">100°20.11'E</geoCoordinate>
, 23 October 2011, gravel bottom and associated with water plants, salinity 4 ppt, coll. E. Rodcharoen (PSUZC-CR0281-01).
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Paratypes, 10 ♂ (13.8, 11.2, 12.4, 10.2, 10.3, 10.0, 13.8, 11.8, 11.4, 10.6 mm [dissected]), 1 ♀ (ovig. 8.7 mm [dissected]), further specimens unmeasured, same data as holotype (PSUZC-CR0281-02; MTQ W34265). 8 ♂ (11.1, 12.8, 12.2, 13.9, 13.2, 12.4, 12.2, 9.8 mm [dissected]), 4 ♀ (ovig. 8.6, 8.7 [dissected], 8.8, 9.0 mm), further specimens unmeasured, Klong Ban Klang, Thale Noi, Phattalung province,
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="7.774">07°46.44'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="100.1545">100°09.27'E</geoCoordinate>
, 27 May 2013 clay bottom, salinity 0.6 ppt, coll. E. Rodcharoen (PSUZC-CR0281-03; MTQ W34266).
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Additional material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
12 ♂ (unmeasured), same data as holotype (PSUZC-CR0281-04), 38 ♂ and 3 ♀ (unmeasured), same data as paratype PSUZC-CR0281-03; MTQ W34266 (PSUZC-CR0281-05; MTQ W34267), 1 adult ♂ and 3 juvenile (unmeasured), Pak Nam Tapi (estuary), Surat Thani province,
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="9.171833">09°10.31'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="99.356">99°21.36'E</geoCoordinate>
, 30 October 2012 coll. E. Rodcharoen (PSUZC-CR0281-06).
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Description of male.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Body 3.2 times as long as greatest width, dorsal surfaces smooth, widest at pereonite 5 and pereonite 6, lateral margins subparallel (Figure 2A). Rostral point (Figure 2C) present, folded ventrally and posteriorly, in contact with frontal lamina (Figure 2D, E). Eye colour dark brown; eyes separated by about 81% width of head (Figure 2C). Pereonite 1 and coxae 2-3 each with posteroventral angle rounded; coxae 5-7 with entire oblique carina; posterior margins of pereonites 5-7 smooth (Figure 2B). Pleon (Figure 2F) with pleonite 1 largely concealed by pereonite 7; pleonites 3-5 posterior margins smooth; posterolateral angles of pleonite 2 forming acute point, extending posteriorly to anterior of pleonite 4; pleonite 3 with posterolateral margins extending clearly beyond posterior margins of pleonites 4 and 5, narrowly rounded; posterolateral margin of pleonite 4 rounded, clearly extending beyond posterior margin of pleonite 5. Pleotelson (Figure 6E) 1.0 times as long as anterior width, dorsal surface without longitudinal carina; lateral margins convex; margins weakly serrate, posterior margin converging to small distinct caudomedial point, with 12 RS (Figure 6E, F).</paragraph>
<caption pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
Figure 2.
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sp. n., male holotype (PSUZC-CR0281-01) (13.7 mm) (
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), male paratype (PSUZC-CR0281-2) (11.2 mm) (
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), male paratype (PSUZC-CR0281-2) (13.8 mm) (
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). A dorsal view B lateral view C head, dorsal view D frons E detail of frontal lamina F pleon G antennule H antennal peduncle I antero-ventral view of penial opening J ventral view of penial opening.
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<pageBreakToken pageId="3" pageNumber="4" start="start">Antennule</pageBreakToken>
(Figure 2G) peduncle articles 1 and 2 entirely fused; articles 3 and 4 1.3 times as long as combined lengths of articles 1 and 2, article 3 5.0 times as long as wide; flagellum with 16 articles, extending to middle of pereonite 1. Antenna (Figure 2H) peduncle article 4 1.8 times as long as wide, 2.2 times as long as article 3, anterodistal angle with 3 short simple setae and 1 plumose seta; article 5 1.2 times as long as article 4, 2.4 times as long as wide, anterodistal angle with cluster of 4 short simple setae and 2 plumose setae; flagellum with 34 articles, extending to posterior of pereonite 4.
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Frontal lamina (Figure 2D, E) pentagonal, 2.2 times as long as posterior width; 1.6 times as long as greatest width, lateral margins straight, diverging slightly towards anterior, anterior margin acute, with small median point.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Mandible molar process (Figure 3A) anterior margin with 19 flat teeth; with proximal cluster of long simple setae; right mandible spine row composed of 13 spines; palp article 2 with 21 distolateral setae, palp article 3 with 22 biserrate RS (Fig. 3B). Maxillule (Figure 3C) mesial lobe with 3 large circumplumose RS; lateral lobe with 13 RS (weakly serrated). Maxilla (Figure 3D) lateral lobe with 4 long setae; middle lobe with 12 long setae; mesial lobe with 4 distal plumose setae and 14 proximal plumose setae. Maxilliped palp (Figure 3E) article 1 mesial margin with 1 slender seta; article 2 mesial margin with 6 slender setae, lateral margin distally with 2 slender setae; article 3 mesial margin with 15 slender setae, lateral margin with 13 slender setae; article 4 mesial margin with 17 slender setae, lateral margin with 9 slender setae; article 5 distal margin with 18 setae, lateral margin with 6 setae; endite (Figure 3F) with 6 long CPS, and 2 coupling setae.</paragraph>
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Figure 3.
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sp. n., male paratype (PSUZC-CR0281-2) (11.2 mm) (
<normalizedToken originalValue="AF">A-F</normalizedToken>
), ovigerous female paratype (PSUZC-CR0281-2) (8.7 mm) (G). A right madible B robust setae C right maxillule D right maxilla E right maxilliped F maxilliped endite G left maxiliped, basal articles.
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<pageBreakToken pageId="4" pageNumber="5" start="start">Pereopod</pageBreakToken>
1 (Figure 4A, C) basis 2.3 times as long as greatest width, inferior distal angle with cluster of 2 acute setae; ischium 0.5 times as long as basis, inferior margin with 1 acute seta, inferior distolateral margin with 2 setae (1 molariform RS and 1 acute seta), median distolateral margin with 2 acute setae, superior distal margin with 3 RS; merus inferior margin with 6 molariform RS, (set in rows of 4 and 2), superior distal angle with 3 setae (slender); carpus inferior distal margin with 2 setae (1 RS and 1 acute seta); propodus 2.0 times as long as wide, inferior margin with 2 RS; dactylus (Figure 4B) 0.5 times as long as propodus. Pereopod 2 (Figure 4D) ischium inferior margin with 2 stout, bluntly rounded RS, superior distal margin with 3 RS; merus inferior margin with 10 stout RS, set in one row, superior distal margin with 6 acute RS; carpus inferodistal angle with 3 RS (plus 1 slender seta); propodus 3.5 times as long as wide; dactylus 0.7 times as long as propodus. Pereopod 3 similar to pereopod 2. Pereopod 4 (Figure 4E) intermediate in from between pereopod 3 and pereopod 5. Pereopod 6 (Figure 4F) similar to pereopod 7. Pereopod 7 (Figure 4G) basis 3.0 times as long as greatest width, superior margin weakly convex, inferior margin with 3 palmate setae; ischium 0.8 times as long as basis, inferior margin with 8 RS (set in groups of 3, 3, 1 and 1), superior distal angle with 6 RS (5 simple, 1 biserrate), inferior distal angle with 2 RS; merus 0.5 times as long as ischium, 2.0 times as long as wide, inferior margin with 3 RS, superior distal angle with 6 RS (3 simple, 3 biserrate), inferior distal angle with 7 RS; carpus 0.7 times as long as ischium, 2.4 times as long as wide, inferior margin with 6 RS (set in groups of 2 and 4), superior distal angle with 11 RS (4 simple, 7 biserrate), inferior distal angle with 9 RS (6 simple, 3 biserrate); propodus 0.8 times as long as ischium, 5.4 times as long as wide, inferior margin with 7 RS (set in groups of 1, 2, 2 and 2), superior distal angle with 3 slender setae and 1 palm seta, inferior distal angle with 2 RS; dactylus 0.3 times as long as propodus.
</paragraph>
<caption pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
Figure 4.
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sp. n., male paratype (PSUZC-CR0281-2) (11.2 mm). A pereopod 1 B dactylus of pereopod 1 C mesial view, pereopod 1 D pereopod 2 E pereopod 4 F pereopod 6 G pereopod 7.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="6" start="start">Penes</pageBreakToken>
(Figure 2I, J) medially united low papillae.
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<pageBreakToken pageId="6" pageNumber="7" start="start">Pleopod</pageBreakToken>
1 (Figure 5A) exopod 1.3 times as long as wide, lateral margin weakly convex, distally broadly rounded, mesial margin weakly convex, with ~35 PMS from distal one-third; endopod 2.1 times as long as wide, distally broadly rounded, lateral margin sinuate, with ~16 PMS on distal margin only; peduncle 1.9 times as wide as long, mesial margin with 4 coupling hooks. Pleopod 2 (Figure 5B) exopod with ~52 PMS, endopod with ~24 PMS; appendix masculina with parallel margins, 1.0 times as long as endopod, distally notch. Pleopod 3 (Figure 5C) endopod without PMS, exopod with ~60 PMS. Pleopod 4 (Figure 5D) endopod without PMS, exopod with ~60 PMS. Pleopod 5 (Figure 5E) endopod without PSM, exopod with ~54 PMS. Pleopods 2-5 peduncle distolateral margin with prominent acute RS, 3-5 endopods with distomesial serrate scales.
</paragraph>
<caption pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
Figure 5.
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sp. n., male paratype (PSUZC-CR0281-2) (11.2 mm)
<normalizedToken originalValue="AE">A-E</normalizedToken>
pleopods 1-5 respectively.
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Uropod (Figure 6A) peduncle ventrolateral margin (Figure 6D) with 2 RS, lateral margin with 1 mesial short acute RS, posterior lobe about one-half as long as endopod; rami extending beyond pleotelson, marginal setae in single tiers, apices acute. Endopod (Figure 6A) apically sub-bifid, medial process prominent (Figure 6C); lateral margin weakly convex, with 8 RS, mesial margin strongly convex, with 12 RS. Exopod (Figure 6A) not extending to end of endopod, 3.3 times as long as greatest width, apically sub-bifid, medial process prominent (Figure 6B); lateral margin weakly convex, with 13 RS; mesial margin weakly convex, with 6 RS.</paragraph>
<caption pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
Figure 6.
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sp. n., male paratype (PSUZC-CR0281-2) (11.2 mm) (
<normalizedToken originalValue="AF">A-F</normalizedToken>
), ovigerous female (PSUZC-CR0281-2) (8.7 mm) (G). A uropod B uropod exopod apex C uropod endopod apex D uropod exopod E pleotelson F detail of pleotelson apex G oostegite 4.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Female.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
Similar to male but on average smaller. Antennal flagellum slightly longer, extending to anterior of pereonite 5; maxilliped with lamina vibrans (Figure 3G); brood pouch composed of 5 pairs of oostegites (Figure 6G) arising on sternites 1-5 (as recorded for some other
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana" order="Isopoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cirolana</taxonomicName>
species, such as
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana (Anopsilana) barnardi" order="Isopoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barnardi" subGenus="Anopsilana">Cirolana (Anopsilana) barnardi</taxonomicName>
(Bruce, 1992) and
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Bruce, 2004), lateral margin of oostegite 4 with ~23 slender setae.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Pleotelson (n=23 [18♂ and 5♀]) with 12-15 RS, with 14 RS (7+7) most frequent (74%), 12 (4%) and 15 (4%) occurring only once. Uropod endopod mesial margin with 11-13 RS, with 12 (52%) and 11(39%) most frequent, lateral margin with 8-10 RS, with 8 (52%) and 9 (39%) most frequent; exopod mesial margin with 5-8 RS, with 7 (39%) and 6 (35%) most frequent, lateral margin with 12-14, with 13 (74%) most frequent.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="size">
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Size.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Adult males (n=19) 9.8-13.9 mm (mean 11.9 mm); ovigerous females (n=5) 8.6-9.0 mm (mean 8.8 mm).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
The presence of abundant chromatophores and lack of ornamentation on the posterior pereonites, pleonites and pleotelson excludes
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sp. n. from the
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<normalizedToken originalValue="tuberculate-group">'tuberculate-group'</normalizedToken>
(see
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). Although
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sp. n., with smooth dorsal surface, seems to belong to the
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana" order="Isopoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cirolana</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="parva-group">'parva-group'</normalizedToken>
of
<bibRefCitation author="Bruce, NL" journalOrPublisher="Species Diversity" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="47 - 66" title="New species of the Cirolana &quot; parva-group &quot; (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from coastal habitats around New Zealand." volume="9" year="2004">Bruce (2004)</bibRefCitation>
, there are several characters that differ to that group. The body size of
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sp. n. is significantly larger than most tropical
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species, most which do not exceed 7 mm. Moreover, the uropods and pleotelson margins are far more heavily armed with robust setae than the
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; and the coxae of
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sp. n. are more visible in dorsal view than usually for the
<normalizedToken originalValue="parva-group">'parva-group'</normalizedToken>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana songkhla" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="songkhla">
<pageBreakToken pageId="7" pageNumber="8" start="start">Cirolana</pageBreakToken>
songkhla
</taxonomicName>
sp. n. is characterized by lacking plumose setae on endopods of pleopods 3-5. This character is particularly associated with brackish and freshwater cirolanid species, formerly placed in the genus and then subgenus
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Anopsilana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Anopsilana" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Anopsilana</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Bruce, NL" journalOrPublisher="Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="945 - 966" title="Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia: Diagnoses of Cirolana Leach, Metacirolana Nierstrasz, Neocirolana Hale, Anopsilana Paulian &amp; Debouteville, and three new genera - Natatolana, Politolana and Cartetolana." url="10.1071/MF9810945" volume="32" year="1981">Bruce 1981</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="Botosaneanu, L" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin de l'Institut Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="77 - 94" title="Four new stygobitic cirolanids (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Caribbean-with remarks on intergeneric limits in some cirolanids." volume="67" year="1997">Botosaneanu and Iliffe 1997</bibRefCitation>
). However,
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana songkhla" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="songkhla">Cirolana songkhla</taxonomicName>
sp. n. can be distinguished from the other species of
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana (Anopsilana)" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Anopsilana">Cirolana (Anopsilana)</taxonomicName>
by having well-developed eyes (absent in freshwater cave species) and smooth dorsal surfaces [nodular and tubercular in species, such as
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana fluviatilis" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fluviatilis">Cirolana fluviatilis</taxonomicName>
Stebbing, 1902 and
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana willeyi" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="willeyi">Cirolana willeyi</taxonomicName>
Stebbing, 1904].
</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
Only
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana barnardi" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barnardi">
<pageBreakToken pageId="8" pageNumber="9" start="start">Cirolana</pageBreakToken>
barnardi
</taxonomicName>
(Bruce, 1992) from tropical eastern Australia is similar to
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana songkhla" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="songkhla">Cirolana songkhla</taxonomicName>
sp. n. having in common a smooth dorsal surface, rostral point and pentagonal frontal lamina. However, the two species can be clearly distinguished by body size of
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana songkhla" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="songkhla">Cirolana songkhla</taxonomicName>
sp. n., which is larger than that of
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana barnardi" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barnardi">Cirolana barnardi</taxonomicName>
(male average at 11.9 VS 3.9 mm, ovigerous female at 8.8 VS 4.0 mm). Furthermore,
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana songkhla" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="songkhla">Cirolana songkhla</taxonomicName>
sp. n. has more numerous robust setae on the uropodal rami and pleotelson margin than
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana barnardi" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barnardi">Cirolana barnardi</taxonomicName>
; uropod exopod lateral margin with 12-14 RS (VS 7-10), mesial margin with 5-8 RS (VS 5-6); endopod lateral margin with 8-10 RS (VS 3-4), mesial margin with 11-13 RS (VS 5-7) and pleotelson, posterior margin converging to small distinct caudomedial point (VS posterior margin subtruncate), with 12-15 RS (VS 7-10).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana parva" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parva">Cirolana parva</taxonomicName>
Hansen, 1890 has been recorded in freshwater from Thailand by
<bibRefCitation author="Chilton, C" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Indian Museum" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="875 - 895" title="Fauna of the Chilka Lake." volume="5" year="1924">Chilton (1924</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="Chilton, C" journalOrPublisher="Records of the Indian Museum" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="173 - 185" title="Zoological results of a tour in the Far East. The Tanaidacea and Isopoda of Tale Sap." volume="2" year="1926">1926</bibRefCitation>
) from Songkhla Lake and
<normalizedToken originalValue="Talé">Tale</normalizedToken>
Sap.
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana parva" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parva">Cirolana parva</taxonomicName>
is, unequivocally, restricted to marine habitats in Central America and the Caribbean (
<bibRefCitation author="Bruce, NL" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="325 - 333" title="The status of Cirolana parva Hansen, 1890 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) with notes on its distribution." volume="95" year="1982">Bruce and Bowman 1982</bibRefCitation>
), with all Indo-Pacific records being misidentifications (see also
<bibRefCitation author="Bruce, NL" journalOrPublisher="Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="1 - 239" title="Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia." volume="6" year="1986">Bruce 1986</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="Bruce, NL" journalOrPublisher="Cahiers de Biologie Marine" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="375 - 413" title="Cirolana and related marine isopod crustacean genera (family Cirolanidae) from the coral reefs of Madang, Papua New Guinea." volume="35" year="1995">1995</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="Bruce, NL" journalOrPublisher="Species Diversity" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="47 - 66" title="New species of the Cirolana &quot; parva-group &quot; (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from coastal habitats around New Zealand." volume="9" year="2004">2004</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Schotte, M" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="1211 - 1282" title="New species and records of Flabellifera from the Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda)." url="10.1080/00222930400005757" volume="39" year="2005">Schotte and Kensley 2005</bibRefCitation>
). It is probable that
<normalizedToken originalValue="Chiltons">Chilton's</normalizedToken>
specimens, misidentified as
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana parva" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parva">Cirolana parva</taxonomicName>
, are the same species as
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana songkhla" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="songkhla">Cirolana songkhla</taxonomicName>
sp. n.
<bibRefCitation author="Chilton, C" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Indian Museum" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="875 - 895" title="Fauna of the Chilka Lake." volume="5" year="1924">Chilton (1924)</bibRefCitation>
gives a figure (figure 5, but the locality of the specimens is not stated) of the pleotelson and uropods of the Songkhla Lake species, which has a more acute pleotelson apex but is otherwise compatible with the present material and records the size of the
<normalizedToken originalValue="Talé">Tale</normalizedToken>
Sap specimens as 9 mm, also compatible with the present species. For those reasons, we provisionally include these records from freshwater in the synonymy for
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana songkhla" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="songkhla">Cirolana songkhla</taxonomicName>
sp. n.
<bibRefCitation author="Chilton, C" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Indian Museum" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="875 - 895" title="Fauna of the Chilka Lake." volume="5" year="1924">Chilton (1924)</bibRefCitation>
also included several marine localities and some uncertain localities, and these other records are regarded as being of unknown identity.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Cirolana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cirolana songkhla" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="songkhla">Cirolana songkhla</taxonomicName>
sp. n. is named for the type locality.
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