Two new genera and twelve new species of anthuridea (Crustacea: Isopoda) fromoff the west coast of new zealand

Abstract

From the shelf and upper slope off the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, the following new taxa of Isopoda Anthuridea(Crustacea) are described:Kupellonura probertin.sp. (Hyssuridae);Quantanthura pacifican. sp., Haliophasma platytelsonn. sp. andH. novaezelan-diaen. sp. (Anthuridae)Albanthura stenodactylan.gen. et sp., A. rotunduropusn. sp., Bullowanthuracrebruin. sp., Leptanthura truncatitelsonn. sp., L.ex illsn. sp., L. profundicolan. sp., Paranthura longan. sp., andPsittanthura egregian. gen. et sp. (Par-anthuridae). Most of these are blind, unpigmentedspecies, adapted to life in deep water.Albanthuran. gen.is blind, has a single telsonic statocyst, shortflagella of the antennae, a maxilliped with 3 palpalarticles, and a triangular carpus on pereopods 4 to7.Psittanthuran. gen. is also blind, with very unusual, enlarged subchelae of pereopods 1 and 2, alarge, rectangular telson with a single statocyst; themaxillipedal palp is composed of 1 large and 1small, distal article; a mandibular palp is absent. © 1985 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.