Australian Museum Journal Biremia ambocerca n. gen., n. sp., the first record of the marine isopod crustacean family Bathynataliidae from Australian waters
- Shortform:
- Bruce, 1985, Rec. Aust. Mus. 37(5): 295–299
- Author(s):
- Bruce, Niel L.
- Year published:
- 1985
- Title:
- Biremia ambocerca n. gen., n. sp., the first record of the marine isopod crustacean family Bathynataliidae from Australian waters
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 37
- Issue:
- 5
- Start page:
- 295
- End page:
- 299
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.37.1985.327
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 23 December 1985
- Cover date:
- 23 December 1985
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: ISOPODA; TAXONOMY; ECOLOGY, MARINE
- Digitized:
- 31 March 2006
- Available online:
- 02 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 327
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (110kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (523kb PDF)
Abstract
Biremia ambocerca n. gen., n. sp. is described and figured; it is distinguished from other bathynataliid genera by lacking operculate first pleopods, and in having biramous uropods. The genus is unique within the Isopoda in having a second endite on the maxilliped. The single specimen was taken off Lady Elliot Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, and is the first record of the family from beyond the south-western Indian Ocean. A new family diagnosis is provided, and a key is given for the 3 monotypic genera of the Bathynataliidae