Two new species of Asellota (Crustacea,Isopoda) from coral reefs on Iriomote Island,Okinawa, Japan |
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Authors: | Michitaka Shimomura Tohru Naruse |
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Institution: | 1.Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Kitakyushu 805-0071, Kitakyushu, Japan;2.Tropical Biosphere Research Center, Iriomote Station, University of the Ryukyus, 870, Uehara, Taketomi, Okinawa 907-1541, Japan |
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Abstract: | Pleurocope
iriomotensis
sp. n. and Prethura
tuberculata
sp. n. are described from Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan. These are the first records of Pleurocope from the Pacific and of Prethura from the Asian Pacific coast. Pleurocope
iriomotensis differs from its congeners in having lateral spine-like processes on pereonite 4 and coxal plates of pereonite 7. Prethura
tuberculata can be distinguished from its single congener in having a lateral short projection of protopod of pleopod 2. |
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Keywords: | Isopoda" target="_blank">Isopoda Pleurocopidae" target="_blank">Pleurocopidae Pleurocope" target="_blank">Pleurocope Santiidae" target="_blank">Santiidae Prethura" target="_blank">Prethura Japan |
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