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Issue: Vol. 4232 No. 2: 16 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.2.8
Page range: 251–259
Abstract views: 86
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A new species of seagrass-boring Limnoria (Limnoriidae, Isopoda, Crustacea) from Japan

Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Crustacea Phyllospadix iwatensis Limnoria rhombipunctata sp. nov. Limnoria magadanensis taxonomy

Abstract

The marine seagrass-boring isopod, Limnoria rhombipunctata sp. nov. (Limnoriidae) is described from the rhizome of Phyllospadix iwatensis seagrass, in shallow coastal waters off Chiba Prefecture, Japan. L. rhombipunctata sp. nov. is distinguished from other Limnoria species by the unique carinae of pleonite 5 and pleotelson, two branched lacinia mobilis of the right mandible, 3 flagellar articles of antenna 1, and triangular epipod of the maxilliped. Specimens of L. magadanensis, a species similar to L. rhombipunctata sp. nov., are re-examined and compared with L. rhombipunctata sp. nov.

 

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