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Issue: Vol. 489 No. 1: 13 Apr. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-04-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.489.1.1
Page range: 1–11
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 6

Mexicope sushara sp. nov., the first New Zealand record of the isopod crustacean family Acanthaspidiidae (Asellota)

Marine Biodiversity and Biosecurity, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd, Private Bag: 14901, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand
Crustacea Asellota Acanthaspiidae Mexicope New Zealand southwest Pacific

Abstract

Mexicope sushara sp. nov. is recorded from southeastern New Zealand coastal waters, the first record of the genus from the Pacific and the first record of the Acanthaspidiidae from New Zealand. The species is from the continental shelf, taken in association with a bryozoan colony at a depth of 80 metres on the Otago Shelf, southeastern South Island. The distinguishing characters are a rostral spine and prominent and acute pre-ocular lobes; these characters in conjunction with stalked eyes separate the species from all others in the family.

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