A new species, Gnathia nkulu sp. n. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae) from southern Africa

A new species, Gnathia nkulu sp. n. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae) from southern Africa

A new species, Gnathia nkulu sp. n. is described from material collected off the South African coast at 80-200m depth. It differs from the intertidal species Gnathia africana Barnard, 1914 in that the mediofrontal process is not deeply divided into two lobes, article 2 of the pylopod is rounded and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Folia parasitologica 2000-01, Vol.47 (3), p.235-240
Hauptverfasser: Smit, N J, Van As, J G
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Animals
Crustacea - anatomy & histology
Crustacea - classification
Male
Marine Biology
South Africa
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Zusammenfassung:A new species, Gnathia nkulu sp. n. is described from material collected off the South African coast at 80-200m depth. It differs from the intertidal species Gnathia africana Barnard, 1914 in that the mediofrontal process is not deeply divided into two lobes, article 2 of the pylopod is rounded and small wart-like tubercles and long simple setae are present on both the cephalosome and pereon.
ISSN:0015-5683
1803-6465
DOI:10.14411/fp.2000.042