Two new species of Hansenium (Crustacea : Isopoda : Asellota) from Madang,Papua New Guinea

Authors
Bolstad, KS Kensley, B
Citation
Ks. Bolstad et B. Kensley, Two new species of Hansenium (Crustacea : Isopoda : Asellota) from Madang,Papua New Guinea, P BIOL SOC, 112(1), 1999, pp. 164-174
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
ISSN journal
0006324X → ACNP
Volume
112
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
164 - 174
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(19990323)112:1<164:TNSOH(>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Two new species of Hansenium, H. tropex and H. thomasi, are described from Paddock Reef, Madang, Papua New Guinea. H. tropex is characterized by the p ossession of a broad oar-shaped lobe of the carpus of pereopod 1 in the mal e. H. thomasi is characterized by a narrow tapering mesially-directed lobe of the carpus of pereopod 1 of the male. The genus is redefined, with its c hief character being the presence of a large carpal lobe on the first male pereopod. The eight stenetriid genera are compared on the basis of six char acters.