Abstract
A new species of hypogean cirolanid isopod, Typhlocirolana troglobia sp. nov. is described, from specimens obtained during speleological explorations of a karstic cave in the Miravet Ravine, Spain. Typhlocirolana troglobia sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other species in the genus by the combination of the following characters: lack of sexual dimorphism of pereopod 7, absence of sexual dimorphism in the chaetotaxy of the propodus of pereopod 3, and the excavate and serrate appendix masculina apex.References
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