A new interstitial species of the genus Caecianiropsis Menzies & Pettit, 1956 (Isopoda, Asellota) from Korea

By

Kim, Jeongho
Lee, Wonchoel 1966-
Karanovic, Ivana

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

832

Pages

35-56

Subjects

East Asia , Janiridae , marine benthos , Taxonomic key

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.832.30241

 

Abstract

A new interstitial species, Caecianiropsisgoseongensissp. n. is described from littoral off the east coast of Korea (Sea of Japan). The species can be distinguished from its congeners by the number of antennular articles, shape of the male appendix masculina, setation of pereopods, and length ratio of the uropodal rami. To aid species identification a taxonomic key to all species of Caecianiropsis Menzies & Pettit, 1956 is also provided as well as a partial 16S mitochondrial ribosome RNA of the new species, which is the first genetic information for the genus.