TABLE 1 in Three new species of the family Cirolanidae Dana, 1852 (Isopoda, Cymothoida) from the shallow Brazilian bathyal

TABLE 1. Comparison among morphological characters of the four species of the genus Dolicholana Bruce, 1986.
SpeciesDolicholana ivanyae spec. nov.Dolicholana bruceiDolicholana elongataDolicholana enigmaDolicholana porcellanaEyes separated by width of head50%18%50%75%75%Anterior section of frontal lamina produced into a(n)subacute processacute anteroventrally proc- essshort and subacute processsubacute processsubacute processAnterior section of frontal lamina long and visible in dorsal view of headYes,noyesnonoFrontal lamina (length/poste- rior width)2.32.02.22.84.0Ratio antenna / body length0.340.460.200.480.43Maxilliped endite (number of coupling hooks)22234Pereopod 1–3 propodus palmsmoothcrenulatesmoothsmoothsmoothPereopod 1 merus anterodistal angle (number of robust setae)42100Pleopods 3–5 peduncle with distolateral angleproduced into a simple acute projectionproduced into a simple acute projectionproduced into a simple acute projectionproduced into a complexly folded projectionnot producedPleopods 3–5 endopodlacking marginal setaelacking marginal setaelacking marginal setaebearing dense marginal setaelacking marginal setaePleopods 3–5 exopod sutureAbsent in 3–4; present and complete in 5present and completepresent and completeabsent3 complete and 4–5 faint and incompletePleonite 3 posteroventral marginshorter than 4shorter than 4shorter than 4subequal to 4subequal to 4Pleonite 3–4 posteroventral anglerounded and entiresubacute and entirerounded and entiretruncate and notchedsubacute and entirePleotelson distal marginroundedroundedroundedpointedroundedPleotelson distal robust setae022106Uropod exopod apexroundedroundedroundedpointedpointedUropod endopod apexsubrectangularbroadly roundedrounded and slightly ex- cised just before apexpointedPointedUropod endopod apex (number of robust setae)75absent99Uropod exopod margins (number of RS)5absentabsent512Geographical distributionAtlantic Ocean: Bahia, Rio de Janeiro end S„o Paulo, BrazilAtlantic Ocean: Potiguar Basin, Rio Grande do Nort and Bahia, BrazilPacific Ocean: eastern Australia, South China Sea (Singapore to Hong Kong), Gulf of Thailand, Java Sea, Japan, Bay of BengalPacific Ocean: Fukeing, Fu- jian Province, China, Takao Province, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Strait of MalaccaIndo–pacific Ocean: Mer- gui, Ganges Delta to Gulf of Thailand, SingapureDepths recorded250–508 m150 m0–991 m74 m6–75 m
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