Australian Museum Journal A new species of Syscenus Harger, 1880 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae) from eastern Australia, with a revised diagnosis of the genus
- Shortform:
- Bruce, 1997, Rec. Aust. Mus. 49(2): 113–120
- Author(s):
- Bruce, Niel L.
- Year published:
- 1997
- Title:
- A new species of Syscenus Harger, 1880 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae) from eastern Australia, with a revised diagnosis of the genus
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 49
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 113
- End page:
- 120
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.49.1997.1261
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 15 October 1997
- Cover date:
- 15 October 1997
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: ISOPODA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 19 November 2008
- Available online:
- 05 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 1261
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (85kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (944kb PDF)
Abstract
Syscenus springthorpei n.sp. Is described from a single specimen taken from the southeastern Australian coast at a depth of about 500 m. This species is characterised by a sub-acute pleotelson apex, uropods that do not extend beyond the posterior margin of the pleotelson and a short antennal flagellum that does not extend beyond pereonite 3. A revised diagnosis of the genus and an annotated list of the known species is presented.