Austroarcturus laevis (Kensley, 1975) Poore, 2003

Poore, G. C. B., 2003, Revision of Holidoteidae, an endemic southern African family of Crustacea, and re-appraisal of taxa previously included in its three genera (Isopoda: Valvifera), Journal of Natural History 37, pp. 1805-1846 : 1814-1815

publication ID	1464-5262
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DC5987CB-8F71-AE56-31D9-FADDFB9CBB59
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Austroarcturus laevis (Kensley, 1975)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Austroarcturus laevis (Kensley, 1975) View in CoL comb. nov.

(figure 1E, F)

Microarcturus laevis Kensley, 1975: 48–50 , figure 6a–l; Kensley, 1978b: 28, figure 12a–b; Kensley, 1984: 245, figure 15a–e.

Material examined

Numerous specimens of both sexes (one male dissected), SAM A13852 View Materials . One male, one female, NMV J47032 View Materials .

Diagnosis

Body dorsally smooth, mid-dorsal crest and tubercles absent. Pereonites 2 and 3 each laterally convex (less so in male), margin discontinuous; pereonite 4 barely

laterally expanded; pereonites 5–7 and pleonites not laterally expanded. Pleonite 3 smoothly domed. Male to 6.6 mm; female to 6.4 mm.

Remarks

A smooth body and separate convex pereonal margins are distinctive. The species occurs off False Bay, south-western South Africa, at 75 m depth.