AUTHOR=Peart Rachael A. , Schnabel Kareen E. 

TITLE=A new species of Pentaceration (Paramunnidae, Isopoda, Crustacea) from the Otago region of Aotearoa New Zealand

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Marine Science

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1457051

DOI=10.3389/fmars.2024.1457051

ISSN=2296-7745

ABSTRACT=<p>A new paramunnid species, <italic>Pentaceration forkandbrewer</italic> 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 the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd., Christchurch. <italic>Pentaceration forkandbrewer</italic> sp. nov. can be identified by the following characters: by the lack of dorsal protuberances, the reduced mid-head spine and the flattened, and calcified pereon with serrated margins. All the pereonites end in a point and are reasonably broad. <italic>Pentaceration forkandbrewer</italic> sp. nov. is most similar to the Australian species <italic>P. serrata</italic> and the Argentinian species <italic>P. pleonarietis</italic>. The new species is described, and an adapted key to the <italic>Pentaceration</italic> species of Aotearoa New Zealand is provided.</p><sec><title>LSIDurn</title><p>lsid:zoobank.org:pub:138FAF76-3721-408F-AE39-C3F88F295E38.</p></sec>