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Ceratothoa retusa (Schiœdte & Meinert, 1883) (Isopoda, Cymothoidae), a variable species of fish parasitic marine isopod from the Indian Ocean
Hadfield, Kerry A.; Bruce, Niel L.; Szinetár, Csaba; Smit, Nico J. (Brill Academic Publishers, 2014)Ceratothoa retusa (Schiœdte & Meinert, 1883) is redescribed from the lectotype (here designated) collected from Mozambique, and the range is extended to include the Gulf of Suez in the Red Sea. Ceratothoa retusa is distinctive ... -
Cirolana bambang, a distinctive new species of Cirolana Leach, 1818 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from Bitung, Indonesia
Sidabalok, Conni M.; Bruce, Niel L. (Magnolia Press, 2018)Cirolana bambang sp. nov. from Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia is described. The species can be recognised by generally smooth body with small, acute, submedian nodules on pleonites 4–5 and the anterior dorsal surface ... -
Cirolana phuketensis, a new species of marine isopod (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand
Rodcharoen, Eknarin; Bruce, Niel L.; Pholpunthin, Pornsilp (Pensoft, 2017)Cirolana phuketensis sp. n. was collected from coral rubble from the Andaman sea coast of Thailand. C. phuketensis sp. n. is described and fully illustrated; C. phuketensis sp. n. can be recognized by the presence of ... -
Description of four new species of the Cirolana ‘parva group’ (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from Thailand, with supporting molecular (COI) data
Rodcharoen, Eknarin; Bruce, Niel L.; Pholpunthin, Pornsilp (Taylor & Francis, 2016)Four new species of the Cirolana ‘parva group’ from shallow coastal habitats in Thailand are described: Cirolana andamanensis sp. nov. and C. phangnga sp. nov., from the Andaman Sea, and C. siamensis sp. nov. and C. ... -
Elthusa nierstraszi nom. n., the replacement name for Elthusa parva (Nierstrasz, 1915), a junior secondary homonym of Elthusa parva (Richardson, 1910) (Isopoda, Cymothoidae)
Hadfield, Kerry A.; Bruce, Niel L.; Smit, Nico J. (Pensoft, 2016)The recent transfer of Elthusa parva (Richardson, 1910) from Ceratothoa created a homonymy with Elthusa parva (Nierstrasz, 1915). Elthusa parva (Richardson, 1910) has priority and Elthusa nierstraszi nom. n. is proposed ... -
The first record of Gnathostenetroididea Kussakin, 1967 from Australian waters with description of four new species of Gnathostenetroides Amar, 1957 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota) from the Great Barrier Reef
Malyutina, Marina V.; Bruce, Niel L. (Magnolia Press, 2019)The asellote family Gnathostenetroididae Kussakin, 1967 is reported for the first time from Australian waters. Four new species of Gnathostenetroides Amar, 1957 from the Great Barrier Reef are described. The genus Maresiella ... -
The first records of Stenobermuda Schultz, 1982 and Tenupedunculus Schultz, 1979 from Australia, with description of two new species from the Great Barrier Reef (Isopoda, Asellota, Stenetriidae)
Song, Ji-Hun; Bruce, Niel L.; Min, Gi-Sik (Pensoft, 2018)The genera Tenupedunculus Schultz, 1982 and Stenobermuda Schultz, 1979 are recorded for the first time from beyond the Southern Ocean, at the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Tenupedunculus serrulatus sp. n. and Stenobermuda ... -
Joeropsididae Nordenstam, 1933 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) from the Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Bruce, Niel L. (Pensoft, 2016)The marine isopod family Joeropsididae (Asellota) is documented for the Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Fifteen species of Joeropsis are recorded, including ten new species; descriptive notes are ... -
Lower Cretaceous marine isopods (Isopoda: Cirolanidae, Sphaeromatidae) from the San Juan Raya and Tlayúa formations, Puebla, Mexico
Vega, Francisco J.; Bruce, Niel L.; González-León, Oscar; Jeremiah, Jason; Serrano-Sánchez, María de Lourdes (Oxford Univ Press, 2019)The fossil record of marine isopods is rather scarce and specimens are frequently incomplete. Our research for the paleobiota of the San Juan Raya Formation led to the finding of three species of marine isopods whose age, ... -
A new family Lepidocharontidae with description of Lepidocharon gen. n., from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and redefinition of the Microparasellidae (Isopoda, Asellota)
Galassi, Diana M.P.; Bruce, Niel L.; Fiasca, Barbara; Dole-Olivier, Marie-José (Pensoft, 2016)Lepidocharontidae Galassi & Bruce, fam. n. is erected, containing Lepidocharon Galassi & Bruce, gen. n. and two genera transferred from the family Microparasellidae Karaman, 1934: Microcharon Karaman, 1934 and Janinella ... -
A new genus and species of deep-water marine cirolanid isopod (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the Philippines
Bruce, Niel L.; Shimomura, Michitaka (NUS, 2019)Sululana buta new genus, new species is described from deep water in the Sulu Sea, Philippines. The new genus shows weak affinities to Metacirolana Kussakin, 1979, and no clear affinities to other cirolanid genera. The ... -
A new genus for Cirolana troglexuma Botosaneanu & Iliffe, 1997, an anchialine cave dwelling cirolanid isopod (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Bahamas
Bruce, Niel L.; Brix, Saskia; Balfour, Nicholas; Kihara, Terue C.; Weigand, Alexander M. (Pensoft, 2017)Cirolana troglexuma Botosaneanu & Iliffe, 1997 is redescribed and a Lucayalana Bruce & Brix, gen. n. established for the species. In total 38 specimens were collected from Hatchet Bay Cave, Eleuthera. Specimens on which ... -
New gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida) from Heron Island and Wistari Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef
Svavarsson, Jörundur; Bruce, Niel L. (Magnolia Press, 2019)Eleven species including six new species of Gnathiidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoida) are reported from the Heron Island and Wistari Reef, Capricorn Group, southern Great Barrier Reef: Elaphognathia queenslandica sp. ... -
New isopod and achelatan crustaceans from mid–Cretaceous reefal limestones in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, northern Spain
Fraaije, René H.B.; Bruce, Niel L.; Lópes-Horgue, Mikel A.; Van Brakel, Barry W.M.; Artal, Pedro (Elsevier, 2019)Mid-Cretaceous (upper Albian) strata of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin in northern Spain are renowned for their highly diverse crustacean assemblages from reef settings. From the Koskobilo quarry, two small, enrolled specimens ... -
A new species of Bathynomus Milne Edwards, 1879 (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from The Bahamas, Western Atlantic
Shipley, Oliver N.; Bruce, Niel L.; Violich, Mackellar; Baco, Amy; Morgan, Nicole (Magnolia Press, 2016)A new species of cirolanid isopod, Bathynomus maxeyorum sp. nov., from The Bahamas, Western Atlantic, is described. This species represents the fourth species of Bathynomus to be described from the tropical and sub-tropical ... -
A new species of the mesopelagic isopod genus Xenuraega Tattersall, 1909 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae) from Japan, the second species in the genus
Shimomura, Michitaka; Bruce, Niel L. (Magnolia Press, 2019)Xenuraega bythionekta sp. nov., is described from a single specimen taken off southern Japan. It is the second species of Xenuraega Tattersall, 1909, and extends the known range of the genus from North Atlantic to the ... -
Post-mortem human cadaver scavenging by marine crustaceans (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) in tropical waters
Tiemensma, Marianne; Bruce, Niel L.; Willan, Richard C. (Springer, 2017)Animal feeding, both ante- and post-mortem, in freshwater and marine environments, has become topical recently. This report documents post-mortem scavenging by two identified species of marine crustaceans (Crustacea: ... -
Redescription of poorly known species of Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae), based on original type material
Hadfield, Kerry A.; Bruce, Niel L.; Smit, Nico J. (Pensoft, 2016)Due to the difficulty in accurately identifying cymothoids, these parasitic isopods are often incorrectly named or confused with other species. Within the genus Ceratothoa, a number of recent studies have aimed at ... -
Redescription of the fish parasitic “tongue biter” Cymothoa rhina Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Singapore
Bruce, Niel L.; Hadfield, Kerry A.; Martin, Melissa B.; Nowak, Barbara F. (National University of Singapore, 2016)Cymothoa rhina Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 is redescribed from specimens collected in Singapore, the female of which is designated as neotype. Adult female Cymothoa rhina can be identified by the acute anterior margin of ... -
Relationships of the Sphaeromatidae genera (Peracarida: Isopoda) inferred from 18S rDNA and 16S rDNA genes
Wetzer, Regina; Bruce, Niel L.; Pérez-Losada, Marcos (Senckenberg, 2018)The Sphaeromatidae has 100 genera and close to 700 species with a worldwide distribution. Most are abundant primarily in shallow (< 200 m) marine communities, but extend to 1.400 m, and are occasionally present in permanent ...