Stenothoe bella sp. nov.

Stenothoe bella Krapp-Schickel & Lo Brutto, 2015: 1–5, figs. 1–3.

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Type material. HOLOTYPE: male in alcohol and additional material in Faure’s fluid, sampling site 31°57'12.8"N 34°41'34.7"E, 6 June 2015, 20.17 m depth, deposited in the Museum of Zoology " P. Doderlein " University of Palermo, Palermo, 90123, Italy, coded as MZPA-AMPH-H_0006.

Type locality. Near Haifa, Israel, Mediterranean .

Diagnosis. Gnathopod 1 carpus and merus lengthened. Gnathopod 2 propodus palm concave and sculptured with incisions and spines, strong determining spine on palmar corner. Peraeopods 6 and 7 basis rounded, posterodistal corner lengthened; merus distally lengthened but not much widened. Uropod 2 rami unequal. Uropod 3 peduncle subequal ramus. Telson spinose.

Etymology. The new species is named after Bella Galil.

Remarks. A full description and figures of S. bella and list of additional non-type material examined is given by Krapp-Schickel & Lo Brutto (2015).

Ecological notes. Found among sand or mud (Lo Brutto et al. 2019).