Gnathia bermudensis (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae), a new species from the mesophotic reefs of Bermuda, with a key to Gnathia from the Greater Caribbean biogeographic region

By

Hadfield, Kerry A.
Schizas, Nikolaos
Chatterjee, Tapas
Smit, Nico

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

891

Pages

1--16

Subjects

Atlantic Ocean , benthic , ectoparasite , Nekton Mission , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.891.39564

 

Abstract

Gnathia bermudensissp. nov. is described from mesophotic coral ecosystems in Bermuda; it is distinguished by pronounced and pointed supraocular lobes, two superior frontolateral processes and a weak bifid mediofrontal process, pereonite 1 not fused dorsally with the cephalosome, and large eyes. This is the first record of a species of Gnathia from Bermuda. A synopsis and key to the other Gnathia species from the Greater Caribbean biogeographic region is provided.