B. Kensley et K. Clark, A NEW ISOPOD SPECIES FROM KEY-LARGO, FLORIDA (CRUSTACEA, ISOPODA, HOLOGNATHIDAE), Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 111(2), 1998, pp. 314-319
Cleantioides verecundus is described from Thalassia seagrass rootmats
found at Key Large, Florida. The species, the third from the western A
tlantic, is characterized by the possession of a maxillipedal palp of
five articles, three complete and one incomplete pleonite, and a subci
rcular posterior pleotelson bearing two rounded longitudinal ridges.