Six new species of Anthuridae (Peracarida: Isopoda) from the southern Mexican Pacific

  • Marine isopods, despite being a very diverse group, have been little studied in the Mexican South Pacific. After a revision of 171 specimens collected from Guerrero and Oaxaca, six new species, belonging to five genera, were discovered: Amakusanthura guerrerensis sp. nov., Cortezura caeca sp. nov., Mesanthura antenniformis sp. nov., M. estacahuitensis sp. nov., Skuphonura oaxaquensis sp. nov., and Tinggianthura mexicana sp. nov. In this work, the genera Amakusanthura Nunomura, 1977 and Tinggianthura Chew, Abdul-Rahim & Haji Ross, 2014, are recorded for the first time in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Also, the distribution range of the genus Skuphonura Barnard, 1925 is increased from the west coast of South America to the southern Mexican Pacific, this being the first record of this genus in the Mexican Pacific. This study doubles the number of species recorded of Anthuridae from the Mexican Pacific, of six to 12 species.

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Author:Ubaldo Jarquín-Martínez, María del Socorro García-Madrigal
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-614872
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.760.1441
ISSN:2118-9773
Parent Title (German):European journal of taxonomy
Series (Serial Number):European journal of taxonomy : EJT (760:61-100)
Publisher:Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Place of publication:Paris
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2021/07/21
Date of first Publication:2021/07/21
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2021/07/23
Tag:Amakusanthura; Cortezura; Mesanthura; Skuphonura; Tinggianthura
Volume:2021
Issue:760
Page Number:40
First Page:61
Last Page:100
HeBIS-PPN:484951602
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
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Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0