identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03FC87AAFFAFFF96FC4FFEFA103EF8DF.text	03FC87AAFFAFFF96FC4FFEFA103EF8DF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Circoniscus paradisus Ferreira 2025	<div><p>Circoniscus paradisus sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 2–5)</p><p>Zoobank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: D7C59294-8B57- 4E2D-A523-190E2B3B5817</p><p>Type material. Holotype: Male (ISLA96886), Brazil, state of Pará, municipality of Aveiro, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-55.45878&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.0754166" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -55.45878/lat -4.0754166)">Paraíso Cave</a> (04º04’31,5”S 55º27’31,6”W), 05.X.2020 . Paratypes: 1 male (ISLA 96887, in slide), same data as holotype; 1 juvenile (ISLA 96888) same data as holotype; 1 female (ISLA 96889), same data as holotype, 07.X.2020; 4 males, 4 females (ISLA 96891), same data as holotype, 06.X.2020; 2 males, 2 females (ISLA 96892), same data as holotype .</p><p>Etymology. The new species is named after the cave where it was found. The Portuguese word “Paraíso” is translated to “paradise” in English, and, in Latin, paradisus .</p><p>Diagnosis. Circoniscus paradisus sp. nov. is characterized by absence of eyes and body pigment; presence of schisma on pereonite 1 in all specimens; antennula with 2+9 aesthetascs; pleonites3–5 epimera inner face with continuous ridge; distal margin of male pleopod 1 exopod elongated; and endopod apex curved inward.</p><p>Description. Maximum body length: male 8.7 mm; female: 9.5 mm. Eyes and body pigments absent. Body convex, endoantennal conglobation (Fig.2A)covered by small triangular scale-setae. Noduli lateralis and glandular pores not visible (Fig. 4E)</p><p>Cephalon (Figs. 2B, 4A) wider than long, frontal shield continuous with pereonite 1, frontal margin broadly rounded.</p><p>Pereonite 1 epimera (Fig. 5) with schisma in all specimens;pereonites 2and 3(Fig.4D,E): with ventral lobes; pereonites epimera inner face (Fig. 4E, F) with continuous ridge.</p><p>Pleon (Fig. 2A) outline continuous with pereon, epimera 3–5 well developed, telson triangular, wider than long, rounded apex.</p><p>Telson(Figs. 2C, 4G) triangular, anterior margin concave, lateral margins following outline of pleonite 5, distal margin acute.</p><p>Antennula (Fig. 2D) 3-articulated, distal article approximately 4 times longer than second article, conical bearing 9 aesthetascs in 4 rows, plus 2 apical.</p><p>Antenna (Figs. 2E, 4B, C) short and stout, not surpassing pereonite 1 when extended backwards;</p><p>f lagellum with 2 subequal articles; distal article bearing 2 lateral sets of 2 and 3 aesthetascs; apical organ as long as distal article of flagellum.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC87AAFFAFFF96FC4FFEFA103EF8DF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ferreira, Júlia Barbosa Galo Giovanna Monticelli Cardoso Rodrigo Lopes	Ferreira, Júlia Barbosa Galo Giovanna Monticelli Cardoso Rodrigo Lopes (2025): In the depths of the Amazon rainforest: a new troglobitic species of Circoniscus (Isopoda: Scleropactidae) from Brazil. Nauplius (e 20250545) 33: 1-11, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e20250545, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e20250545
