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Issue: Vol. 1129 No. 1: 16 Feb. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-02-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1129.1.4
Page range: 47–60
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 2

Redescription of Ilyarachna zachsi Gurjanova, 1933 (Crustacea:Isopoda: Munnopsidae) from the Sea of Japan, with the synonymisation of I. starokadomskii Gurjanova, 1933

Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 17 Palchevsky St, Vladivostok, 690041, Russia
Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 17 Palchevsky St, Vladivostok, 690041, Russia
Crustacea Isopoda Munnopsidae Ilyarachna Sea of Japan taxonomy

Abstract

Ilyarachna zachsi Gurjanova, 1933, from the Sea of Japan, is redescribed and I. starokadomskii Gurjanova, 1933 is regarded as a junior subjective synonym of that species. I. zachsi is characterized by the cephalon having a transverse row of 6 dorsal spines, anterior margins of pereonites 1–3 with 4–14 dorsal spines and the male pleopods 2 stylet not reaching the distal end of protopod. The species displays significant intraspecific variability in the armament of pereonites 1– 3. The smaller specimens with 4 long spines are generally males, these having been previously described as I. starokadomskii, while the larger, more spiny specimens are females (the specimen with extreme state of this character was previously described as I. zachsi).

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