Cirolana phuketensis, a new species of marine isopod (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand.

ABSTRACT: Cirolana phuketensissp. n. was collected from coral rubble from the Andaman sea coast of Thailand. C. phuketensissp. n. is described and fully illustrated; C. phuketensissp. n. can be recognized by the presence of transverse sutures on pereonites 2-4, pereonite 7 having three transverse sutures forming a nodulose ridge, antennula peduncle with articles 1 and 2 fully fused; pleotelson dorsal surface with 2 sub-median longitudinal carinae, each of which has one prominent tubercle, lateral margins weakly convex, and posterior margin narrow and rounded; 6 molariform robust setae pereopod 1 on inferior margin of merus and the penial openings are two low tubercles. A dichotomous key to species of Cirolana in Thailand is given.

SUBMITTER: Rodcharoen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5673831 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature