A review of the genus Heterodina Kensley &amp; Schotte, 2005 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) with description of a new species from Iran

VALIALLAH KHALAJI-PIRBALOUTY; NIEL L. BRUCE

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3887.4.7

Issue: Vol. 3887 No. 4: 26 Nov. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-11-16

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.4.7

Page range: 494–500

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**A review of the genus Heterodina Kensley & Schotte, 2005 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) with description of a new species from Iran**

VALIALLAH KHALAJI-PIRBALOUTY⁺⁻
NIEL L. BRUCE⁺⁻

Department of Biology, Faculty of science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.

Museum of Tropical Queensland, Queensland Museum and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University; 70–102 Flinders Street, Townsville, Australia 4810

Isopoda Sphaeromatidea Heterodina Persian Gulf Qeshm Island

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Abstract

Heterodina Schotte & Kensley, 2005 is revised with Heterodina qeshmensis sp. nov., described from the subtidal zone of the Qeshm Island, southern Iran. Heterodina qeshmensis sp. nov. is characterized by: unornamented dorsal surfaces, wide and anteriorly concave epistome, and the appendix masculina with sub-parallel margins and not extending beyond the distal margin of the endopod. A key to the species is provided. The penial processes of Heterodina mccaini Schotte & Kensley, 2005 is also re-illustrated.