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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Mar. Sci.
Sec. Marine Biology
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1457051
This article is part of the Research Topic Advances in crustacean research from the 10th International Crustacean Congress View all 8 articles

A new species of Pentaceration (Paramunnidae, Isopoda, Crustacea) from the Otago region of Aotearoa New Zealand. LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:138FAF76-3721-408F-AE39-C3F88F295E38

Provisionally accepted
Rachael Peart Rachael Peart *Kareen E. Schnabel Kareen E. Schnabel
  • National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Auckland, New Zealand

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    A new paramunnid species, Pentaceration forkandbrewer sp. nov., is described from Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand (Otago region). The majority of specimens examined were collected during a 'Ports of Otago' survey carried out by NIWA Christchurch. Pentaceration forkandbrewer sp. nov. can be identified by the following characters: by the lack of dorsal protuberances, the reduced midhead spine and the flattened, and the calcified pereon with serrated margins. All the pereonites end in a point and are reasonably broad. P. forkandbrewer sp. nov. is most similar to the Australian species P. serrata Just, 2011 and the Argentinian species P. pleonarietis Doti, 2017. The new species is described and an adapted key to the Pentaceration species of Aotearoa New Zealand is provided.

    Keywords: Isopoda, Pentaceration, New Zealand, Paramunnidae, species

    Received: 30 Jun 2024; Accepted: 23 Jul 2024.

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    * Correspondence: Rachael Peart, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Auckland, New Zealand

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