Sphaeroma silvai Khalaji-Pirbalouty & Wägele, 2010, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Khalaji-Pirbalouty, Valiallah, Wägele, Johann-Wolfgang
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Isopoda; Sphaeromatidae; Sphaeroma; Sphaeroma silvai; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6196917; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6196917

Sphaeroma silvai sp. nov. (Figs 7–11) Sphaeroma annandalei. — Loyola e Silva, 1960: 28. Material examined. Holotype: male (9.5 mm), Krofajapasi, west von WiaWia bank, Suriname, north coast, Boomstam, 27 September 1980 (RMNH 6215). Allotype: 1 female (10 mm). Paratypes: 24 males (5.5 to 10 mm); 12 juveniles (up to 4mm); 32 females (5.5 to 8.5 mm), same data as holotype; Krofajapasi, Suriname, 19 September 1980, (RMNH 6214), 4 male (5.5 to 7.5 mm); 6 females (5.5 to 8.5 mm); Suriname, north coast, Mafappica, Kreek Kanaal, 6 April 1975, (RMNH 6519), 1 male (8 mm); 2 non-ovigerous females (6.5 and 7 mm); 2 ovigerous females (7 and 8 mm); Harde modder bank, 2 Km Oost van Mdtapica, Getijzone, Suriname, 21 September, (RMNH 6213), 1 female (7.5 mm); Cananéia-SP, São Paulo, Brazil, July 1952 (ZMH –42310), 3 males (7.5, 9.5, 10 mm), 1 ovigerous female (9.5 mm). Diagnosis. Cephalon dorsally with a pair of small tubercles on either side anteriorly. Pereopod 5 basis bearing extended sub-rectangular medial lobe. ... : Published as part of Khalaji-Pirbalouty, Valiallah & Wägele, Johann-Wolfgang, 2010, A new record of Sphaeroma annandalei Stebbing, 1911 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from the Persian Gulf, and description of a new related species (Sphaeroma silvai nov. sp.) from the South Atlantic Ocean, pp. 30-44 in Zootaxa 2508 on pages 37-43, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195987 ...