Compoceration garyi, a new genus and species of Paramunnidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota), from south-eastern Australia

Memoirs of Museum Victoria Vol 66 (1) p. 81–84 (2009)

DOI

http://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2009.66.10

Abstract

A new genus, Compoceration, in the asellote family Paramunnidae Vanhöffen, 1914 is diagnosed. The type species Compoceration garyi sp. nov. was collected from 220 m depth off southern New South Wales. The new species shares several characters with Pentaceration Just, 2009. It differs from the latter mainly in its unique head structures and a cylindrical, non-flared mandible molar.

Citation

Just. J., 2009. Compoceration garyi, a new genus and species of Paramunnidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota), from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66: 81-84. http://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2009.66.10

PUBLICATION DATE: 29 October 2009