The genus Cymodoce Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) in the Persian Gulf with description of a new species

VALIALLAH KHALAJI-PIRBALOUTY; NIEL L. BRUCE; JOHANN-WOLFGANG WÄGELE

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3686.5.1

Issue: Vol. 3686 No. 5: 16 Jul. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-07-16

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.5.1

Page range: 501–533

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**The genus Cymodoce Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) in the Persian Gulf with description of a new species**

VALIALLAH KHALAJI-PIRBALOUTY⁺⁻
NIEL L. BRUCE⁺⁻
JOHANN-WOLFGANG WÄGELE⁺⁻

Isopoda Sphaeromatidea Persian Gulf Cymodoce truncata C. zanzibarensis C. richardsonia C. delvarii

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Abstract

Cymodoce truncata (Leach, 1814), the type species of the genus, C. zanzibarensis (Stebbing, 1910) and C. richardsoniae (Nobili, 1906) are redescribed based on type specimens or topotypic material, and a neotype is designated for Cymodoce richardsoniae. A revised generic diagnosis and description is provided for the genus Cymodoce. Cymodoce delvarii sp. nov. is described from the subtidal zone of the Iranian coasts of the Persian Gulf.