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Issue: Vol. 3025 No. 1: 14 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3025.1.4
Page range: 59–65
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 2

Nyctobadistes gen. nov. (Isopoda: Asellota: Munnopsidae), a new genus from Tasmanian waters, Australia, with the description of a new species

Marine Biodiversity and Systematics, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 14-901, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand; and School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand. Present address, 9 Haering Rd, Boronia, 3155, Victoria, Australia
Crustacea Munnopsidae Nyctobadistes new genus new species Tasmania Australia

Abstract

A new genus and new species of Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864 is described. Nyctobadistes gen. nov. is represented by a single species, Nyctobadistes hamatus sp. nov. and was collected from off Tasmania, south-eastern Australia. Nyctobadistes gen. nov. is similar to Bathybadistes Hessler and Thistle, 1975, however, it can be distinguished from this genus by the combination of: the lack of apical setae on the dorsal body spines; the lack of lateral extensions on the natasomal pereonites; the slender carpus of at least pereopod 6; and the anterolateral margins of the pleon lack a spine and apical seta.

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