Brucerolis maryannae ( Menzies, 1962 )

Storey, Melissa J. & Poore, Gary C. B., 2009, New species of Brucerolis (Crustacea: Isopoda: Serolidae) from seas around New Zealand and Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66 (1), pp. 147-173 : 164

Brucerolis maryannae ( Menzies, 1962)

Serolis (Serolis) maryannae Menzies, 1962: 189 , fig. 68.

Acutiserolis maryannae .— Brandt, 1988: 18, 21. — Brandt, 1991: 131. — Poore and Brandt, 1997: 159.

Serolis (Acutiserolis) maryannae . — Wägele, 1994: 53.

? Brucerolis maryannae . — Poore and Storey, 2009: 152-153.

Distribution. South Atlantic, continental rise S of Staten I., northwest Scotia Sea, 55°31.2'S, 64°07.5'W, 3839 m (only type known).

Remarks. Brucerolis maryannae is the only species in the genus to have a serrulate anterior margin of the head and pereonite 1. It shares with B. bromleyana the acute projection on the anterolateral margin of pereonite 1 and emarginate tips of epimera 2 and 3. These features and the long coxal plates and epimera suggest a relationship to this species. Menzies’s (1962) illustration would indicate that the coxal keys and intervening apertures are absent. It may be possible that the keys are not visible in dorsal view on such a small female (18.8 mm) or that the drawing is incorrect.