A new species of Pereionotus (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Phliantidae) from Pulau Tinggi, Sultan Iskandar Marine Park, Malaysia

By

Feirulsha, NurFara Syakira
Abdul Rahim, Azman

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

Zoosystematics and evolution

Volume

96

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

195--203

Subjects

Johor , Malaysia , new species , Pereionotus tinggiensis sp. nov , Phliantidae , Pulau Tinggi , Sultan Iskandar Marine Park , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.50744

 

Abstract

A new species of Pereionotus Spence Bate & Westwood, 1861 from Pulau Tinggi, Sultan Iskandar Marine Park (SIMP) is described and the first record of the genus from Malaysia. It was collected from Kg. Tg. Balang, Pulau Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia (2°16'59.5'N, 104°07'21.9'E) and can be distinguished by having wide and dorsally truncate carinae of pereonites 2–7, maxillipedal palp as long as the outer plate, lacking additional robust seta in the middle of propodi of pereopods 1–4, and the absence of short robust setae on the anterodistal corner of merus and carpus of pereopods 6–7. An updated identification key for the 11 known species in the genus is also presented.