Serolidae

• Main Author: Bruce, Niel
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Isopoda; Serolidae; Antarctic; Pacific; New Zealand; Briggs; Antarc*; Antarktis*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3791542; https://zenodo.org/record/3791542

Key to the genera of Indo-Pacific Serolidae Since the publication of Brandt’s (1988) review there has been a proliferation of genera within the Serolidae. Prior to that date five genera were recognised; the publication of six new genera by Wägele (1994) brought the total to 20 genera. Th e most recent key, to any region, is that of Brandt (1988), and that work no longer reflects the generic composition of the family. Th e key provided here is intended only to operate for the genera known to occur in the Indo-Pacific, the region bounded by East Africa in the west, eastwards to Hawai’i and the island nations of Oceania (e.g. see Briggs 1974). Th e key also serves to emphasize the character states now in use in defining genera. 1 Uropods on posterolateral angle of pleotelson, uropods and pleonites forming part of continuous body outline........ Thysanoserolis Brandt, 1991 – Uropods mediolateral or anterolateral, not forming part of body outline.... 2 2 Pleonites not extending posteriorly along pleotelson lateral margins; pleopod 2 endopod with distal stem; uropods greater than three-quarters length of pleotelson................................................................................................... 3 – Pleonites extending posteriorly along pleotelson lateral margins; pleopod 2 endopod without distal stem; uropods less than half length of pleotelson... 5 3 Pereonites 5–7 entire, with sutures distinct; pleotelson posterior margin broad, flat and truncate; uropodal mesial margin positioned in dorsal groove on pleotelson lateral margin............................................... Sedorolis gen. n. – Pereonites 5–7 medially fused; pleotelson posterior margin narrowly rounded or truncate; uropodal mesial margin positioned ventrally on pleotelson lateral margin........................................................................................................ 4 4 Pleonite sternal plate 1 with prominent process; pleotelson posterior margin narrow, excavate or indented............................. Heteroserolis Brandt, 1991 – Pleonite sternal plate 1 without prominent process; pleotelson posterior margin narrowly rounded................................................. Serolina Poore, 1987 5 Coxae distally acute, those of pereonite 6 narrow, elongate, greatly extended posteriorly beyond pleotelson and pleonites; pleonites extending beyond pleotelson posterior margin......................... Brucerolis Poore & Storey, 2009 1 – Coxae quadrate, not narrowed or greatly extended; pleonites extending along but not beyond pleotelson margin.............................................................. 6 6 Coxae 6 overlapping and extending posterior to pleonites; antennal peduncle articles 4 and 5 slender (8.6–10.3 × as long as greatest width); uropods ventrolateral, inconspicuous in dorsal view........................... Myopiarolis gen. n. 1 Poore and Storey (2009) have redefined Acutiserolis and those species from the southwestern Pacific and New Zealand hitherto placed in that genus, notably Acutiserolis cidaris Poore & Brandt, 1977 from the Coral Sea, have been placed in Brucerolis (see Poore and Storey 2009 this issue; Storey and Poore 2009 in press). – Coxae 6 overlapping but not extending posteriorly beyond pleonites; antennal peduncle articles 4 and 5 broad (<5 × as long as greatest width); uropods lateral, conspicuous in dorsal view........ Caecoserolis Wägele, 1994 : Published as part of Bruce, Niel, 2009, New genera and species of the marine isopod family Serolidae (Crustacea, Sphaeromatidea) from the southwestern Pacific, pp. 17-76 in ZooKeys 18 (18) on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.18.96, http://zenodo.org/record/576495 : {"references": ["Brandt A (1988) Antarctic Serolidae and Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda): New Genera, New Species, and Redescriptions. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Germany, 143 pp.", "Wagele J-W (1994) Notes on Antarctic and South American Serolidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) with remarks on the phylogenetic biogeography and a description of new genera. Zoologische Jahrbucher der Systematik 121: 3 - 69.", "Briggs JC (1974) Marine Zoogeography. McGraw-Hill, New York, xiv, 475 pp.", "Brandt A (1991) Zur Besiedlungsgeschichte des antarktischen Schelfes am Beispiel der Isopoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca). Berichte zur Polarforschung 98: i-iv + 240.", "Poore GCB (1987) Serolina, a new genus for Serolis minuta Beddard (Crustacea: Isopoda: Serolidae) with descriptions of eight new species from eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 48: 141 - 189.", "Poore GCB, Storey M (2009) Brucerolis, new genus, and Acutiserolis Brandt, 1988, deep-water southern genera of isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Serolidae). ZooKeys 18: 143 - 160."]}