Chiriscus australis Richardson, 1911

Poore, Gary C. B., 2009, A new species of Chaetiliidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Valvifera) from the Río de la Plata estuary, Argentina-Uruguay, and reconsideration of Macrochiridothea and Chiriscus, Zootaxa 2119, pp. 51-65 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.188066
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6218092
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scientific name	Chiriscus australis Richardson, 1911
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Chiriscus australis Richardson, 1911 View in CoL

Chiriscus australis Richardson, 1911: 170 View in CoL –171, figs 1–5.

Macrochiridothea australis View in CoL . — Poore, 1984: 72 –76, figs 1a, 2. — Carvacho, 1997: 48 (list).

Material. Holotype: Off Río de la Plata, Argentina, 21 m, 36°S, 56°W, USNM 42092 (ovigerous female, 7.9 mm).

Distribution. Off Río de la Plata, Argentina (38°S); 21 m depth.

Remarks. Chiriscus australis is known only from the type specimen partly reillustrated by Poore (1984). The female is larger than that of C. giambiagiae . The absence of lateral incisions is a unique feature.