Abstract
Baharilana gen. nov. is diagnosed and described. The genus contains two species and is distributed from the Red Sea to Tanzania, Western Indian Ocean from the shallow sub-tidal to a recorded depth of 1850 metres. The species included are the type species Baharilana richmondi sp. nov., which is here described and Baharilana bisulcata comb. nov. The genus is characterized by having a ventrally flat, pentagonal clypeus; pereopods 1-3 with the superior distal margin of the ischium moderately produced and setose, the merus anterodistal margin also moderately produced and setose but not overriding the propodus; paired flattened and articulating penial processes; pleopod 1 endopod narrow, half as wide as the sub-circular exopod; pleopod 2 appendix masculina sub-medially inserted, curving laterally around the ramus; and the uropod peduncle lateral margin with a row of plumose setae.
| Translated title of the contribution | A new genus and species of cirolanid isopod (Crustacea) from Zanzibar, Tanzania, western India Ocean |
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| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-12 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Cahiers de Biologie Marine |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Other keywords
- Cirolanidae
- Coral reef
- Crustacea
- East Africa
- Indian Ocean
- Isopoda
- Taxonomy