Thermosphaeroma mendozai, a new species from hot springs in northern Chihuahua, Mexico (Crustacea : Isopoda : Sphaeromatidae)

Authors
Schotte, M
Citation
M. Schotte, Thermosphaeroma mendozai, a new species from hot springs in northern Chihuahua, Mexico (Crustacea : Isopoda : Sphaeromatidae), P BIOL SOC, 113(4), 2000, pp. 989-995
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
ISSN journal
0006324X → ACNP
Volume
113
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
989 - 995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(200012)113:4<989:TMANSF>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A new species of Thermosphaeroma (T. mendozai) is described from a collecti on of specimens found in hot springs in Chihuahua State, Mexico. Apomorphic characters are seen in the frontal lamina, pleotelson, and uropods. A new record is given for T. subequalum and the morphology of the female brood po uch is described for T. smithi., Bowman's (1981) key to species of Thermosp haeroma is amended to include all known congeners.