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

Title:

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

Creator:

Smit, Nico J. and Van As, Jo G.

Identifier:

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Subject:

Gnathia nkulu, description, taxonomy, and morphology

Type:

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Format:

print

Description:

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.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Coverage:

235-240 and 77-82

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2000 Volume:47 | Number:3

Harvested from:

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