A new species of Bathynomus Milne Edwards, 1879 (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from The Bahamas, Western Atlantic

Oliver N. Shipley; Niel L. Bruce; Mackellar Violich; Amy Baco; Nicole Morgan; Scott Rawlins; Edward J. Brooks

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4147.1.6

A new species of Bathynomus Milne Edwards, 1879 (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from The Bahamas, Western Atlantic

Oliver N. Shipley
, Niel L. Bruce
, Mackellar Violich
, Amy Baco
, Nicole Morgan
, Scott Rawlins
, Edward J. Brooks

Queensland Museum
North West University
Cape Eleuthera Institute
Florida State University
Arcadia University

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Abstract

A new species of cirolanid isopod, Bathynomus maxeyorum sp. nov., from The Bahamas, Western Atlantic, is described. This species represents the fourth species of Bathynomus to be described from the tropical and sub-tropical Western Atlantic. Bathynomus maxeyorum sp. nov. is characterized by 7 broad short pleotelsonic spines, with setation running along ∼80% of the posterior margin of the pleotelson. Genetic analysis indicates a ∼14% sequence divergence from the sympatric species Bathynomus giganteus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	82-88
Number of pages	7
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	4147
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4147.1.6
State	Published - Aug 2 2016

Keywords

Cirolanidae
Deep-sea
New species
Scavenger
Sub-tropical

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A new species of Bathynomus Milne Edwards, 1879 (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from The Bahamas, Western Atlantic

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