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Issue: Vol. 4624 No. 3: 1 Jul. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-07-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.3.6
Page range: 377–386
Abstract views: 119
PDF downloaded: 3

Caecidotea camaxtli (Isopoda: Asellidae) a new species from the Tlaxcala valley, Mexico

Departamento de Zoología de Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Av. Universidad s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 66451 San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México. Licenciatura en Ciencia Forense, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de la Investigación Científica, Ciudad Universitaria, 04351. Ciudad de México.
Departamento de Zoología de Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Av. Universidad s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 66451 San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México.
Licenciatura en Ciencia Forense, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de la Investigación Científica, Ciudad Universitaria, 04351. Ciudad de México.
Isopoda Caecidotea Asellidae

Abstract

A new freshwater isopod, Caecidotea camaxtli sp. nov. (Isopoda, Asellidae) is described from Mexico. The new species can be distinguished from all other species of Caecidotea by the presence of cuticular scales on the caudal process, as well as a short and simple cannula in the apex of the endopodite of pleopod II. [Zoobank URL: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:082CF870-ABC3-4E25-B5F2-8CA59359C2B0]

 

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