A new species of supergiant <i>Bathynomus</i> A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the Paracel Islands, South China Sea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bathynomusparacelensis sp. nov., a medium-sized supergiant Bathynomus, is described from specimens obtained at Zhengbin fishing port in Keelung, Taiwan and had been caught in the water near Paracel Islands, South China Sea. Due to its similar shape to B.jamesi, this species has often been mistaken for juveniles or immatures of B.jamesi by fishermen working in this area. Species of Bathynomus can be distinguished morphologically and genetically. The differences from B.jamesi are in the shorter body, clypeus shape, uropod endopod and gene sequence. The difference from B.vaderi is in the body shape, clypeus shape, hook number of maxilliped endite and spines number of maxilulla. Based on the morphological and genetic data resu

SUBMITTER: Huang MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11976304 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature