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            <p> Genus  Bambalocra gen. nov.</p>
            <p>Type species.</p>
            <p> Bambalocra intwala sp. nov.; original designation. </p>
            <p>Etymology.</p>
            <p> Bamba is an isiZulu word meaning 'to  grip’ , combined with the ending - locra, alluding to related genera such as  Anilocra ; the name refers to the isopod gripping onto its host. Gender is female. </p>
            <p>Diagnosis of female.</p>
            <p>Cephalon anterior margin wide, with ventral posteriorly directed rostrum separating bases of antennulae; posterior margin not trilobed. Body weakly vaulted; coxae 2-6 ventral, not visible in dorsal view; posterolateral margins of pereonites 6 and 7 posteriorly produced, that of pereonite 7 extending posteriorly along pleon to pleonites 2 or 3. Pleonites all wide, posterolateral margins narrowly rounded to acute, pleonite 1 largely visible; pleonites 1-2 ventrolateral margins not produced. Antennula and antenna both slender, antenna longer than antennula; bases widely separate. Pleopods 1-2 lamellar, pleopods 3 and 4 endopod with small, weak lobes, pleopod 5 endopod with small fleshy lobes; peduncle of pleopods 2-5 with fleshy medial lobes present.</p>
            <p>Additional characters.</p>
            <p>Body twice as long as wide. Eyes posterolateral in position, less than 0.3 width of cephalon. Pereonite 2 shortest, 5 and 6 longest; pereonite 5 widest. Pleotelson flat. Mandible palp articles robust; article 3 broadly rounded, as long as proximal width. Maxillula with 4 terminal RS. Maxilla with 1 and 2 small recurved RS each on medial and lateral lobe, respectively. Maxilliped articles broad, article 3 with 3 RS. Pereopods 1-5 subequal in length, 6 slightly longer than 1-4; pereopod 7 longer than pereopod 6. Brood pouch formed by two large oostegites arising from pereonite 6, smaller alternately overlapping oostegites arising from pereonites 1-4, posterior pocket present. Uropod rami subequal in length, visible in dorsal view, slightly exceeding pleotelson posterior margin.</p>
            <p>Male</p>
            <p>(juvenile). Smaller, narrower, less ovate than female; pereonites 2-7 posterolateral angles rounded, not or weakly posteriorly produced. Appendages similar to female, except folds on pleopods 3-5 endopod absent.</p>
            <p>Remarks.</p>
            <p> Bambalocra gen. nov. can immediately be identified and distinguished from all other marine cymothoid genera by coxae 2-5 being ventral in position, not forming part of the body outline and not or barely visible in dorsal view, all are posteriorly acute, and the posterolateral margins of pereonite 6 and 7 are posteriorly produced and broadly rounded. The antennula bases are widely separated, with both antennula and antenna slender. </p>
            <p> Bambalocra gen. nov. superficially resembles  Renocila in having a relatively broad body with a weakly vaulted dorsum and the posterolateral margins of pereonites 6 and 7 expanded and posteriorly directed; in dorsal view the anterior margin of the cephalon appears similar, being weakly produced and wide. Unlike  Renocila the ventral rostrum is triangular (vs. broadly truncate in  Renocila ) and is posteriorly directed separating the antennular bases (vs. not posteriorly directed between the antennular bases); pleonite 1 in  Bambalocra is not markedly narrower than the remaining pleonites (vs. narrower, which is diagnostic for  Renocila ). Most species of  Renocila have the antennula both longer and larger than the antenna, usually with strongly flattened expanded articles, while in  Bambalocra the antennula is shorter than the antenna and both are slender; in most species of  Renocila the coxae of pereonites 2-4 or 2-5 are visible in dorsal view. </p>
            <p> Both  Nerocila and  Creniola have the posterior margin of the cephalon strongly trilobed, contrasting strongly to that of  Bambalocra . Species of  Nerocila are characterised by having pleonites 1 and 2 with ventral processes, while in  Creniola the pleon is as wide or wider than the pereon. In both these genera the coxae are conspicuous in dorsal view. Most species of  Anilocra have a relatively elongate body, with a strongly vaulted dorsum; the coxae and the posterolateral margins of pereonites 5-7 are neither expanded nor posteriorly produced. </p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE819FCEDE9D5E90847CB2A5AE498B60	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Bruce, Niel L.;Welicky, Rachel L.;Hadfield, Kerry A.;Smit, Nico J.	Bruce, Niel L., Welicky, Rachel L., Hadfield, Kerry A., Smit, Nico J. (2019): A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae. ZooKeys 889: 1-15, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.889.38638, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.889.38638
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            <p> Bambalocra intwala sp. nov. Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 </p>
            <p>Material examined.</p>
            <p>Holotype: South africa • 1 ♀ (ovigerous, 23.5 mm TL, 12 mm W); Sodwana Bay, Kwazulu-Natal; 27°32'S, 32°41'E; April 1979; host not recorded, coll. R.E. Stobbs; SAMC-A091364.</p>
            <p> Paratypes: South africa • 1 ♂ (immature, 7.5 mm TL, 3.0 mm W) 3 ♀♀ (23-24 mm TL, 11.0-12.0 mm W); same data as holotype; SAMC-A091365 • 1 ♀ (20.0 mm TL, 11.0 mm W); Sodwana Bay, Kwazulu-Natal; 27°30'S, 32°41'E; 12.8 m depth; July 1976; host not recorded, coll. Richard Winterbottom (RW 76-14); SAMC-A091366 • 1 ♀ (21.0 mm TL, 11.5 mm W); Durban Sea World; September 2003; from a dwarf angelfish (  Centropyge ); SAMC-A091367. </p>
            <p>Description of female</p>
            <p>(from holotype and 23.0 mm female paratype). Body oval, 1.9 times as long as greatest width, dorsal surfaces smooth, widest at pereonite 5, narrowest at pereonite 1; lateral margins ovate. Cephalon 0.7 times longer than wide, frontal margin broadly truncate. Eyes oval with distinct margins, eye width 0.2 times width of cephalon. Pereonite 1 anterior border anteriorly concave, anterolateral angles narrowly rounded. Coxae 2 and 3 narrow with posteroventral angles with small distinct produced point; coxae 4-7 with small, distinct dorsally directed point, not extending past pereonite margin. Pereonites 4-7 with posteroventral angle weakly produced, acute; pereonite 7 posterolateral margins extending to pleonite 3. Pleon 0.4 times as wide as pereon. Pleonites posterior margin evenly concave; pleonite 1 widest, visible in dorsal view; pleonite 2 partially overlapped by pereonite 7; posterolateral angles of pleonite 2 narrowly rounded. Pleonites 3-5 similar in form to pleonite 2; pleonite 5 not overlapped by lateral margins of pleonite 4, posterior margin slightly concave. Pleotelson 0.8 times as long as anterior width, dorsal surface smooth, lateral margins convex, posterior margin evenly rounded.</p>
            <p>Antennula length shorter than antenna, extending to anterior of pereonite 1, consisting of 8 articles; peduncle articles 1 and 2 distinct and articulated; article 2 1.7 times as long as article 1; 0.4 times as long as combined lengths of articles 1 and 2. Antenna extending to anterior margin of pereonite 1, consisting of 8 articles; article 3 1.4 times as long as article 2; article 4 1.4 times as long as article 3; article 5 1.4 times as long as article 4; terminal article with 3 short simple setae distally.</p>
            <p>Mandibular molar process present, small; palp article 3 with 3 simple setae. Maxillula with lateral RS largest. Maxilliped palp consisting of 3 articles, with lamellar oostegite lobe; article 2 without setae, article 3 with 3 recurved short RS.</p>
            <p>Pereopod 1 basis 1.7 times as long as greatest width; ischium 0.5 times as long as basis; merus proximal margin without bulbous protrusion; propodus 1.5 times as long as wide; dactylus moderately slender, 1.3 times as long as propodus, 3.2 times as long as basal width. Pereopod 2 propodus 1.4 times as long as wide; dactylus 1.5 times as long as propodus. Pereopod 3 similar to pereopod 2. Pereopod 6 basis 2.1 times as long as greatest width, ischium 0.3 times as long as basis; propodus 1.2 times as long as wide; dactylus 2.1 times as long as propodus. Pereopod 7 longer than other pereopods, slightly longer than pereopod 6; basis 2.3 times as long as greatest width; ischium 0.7 times as long as basis, without protrusions; merus proximal margin without bulbous protrusion, as long as wide, 0.4 times as long as ischium; carpus 1.2 times as long as wide, 1.1 times as long as ischium, without bulbous protrusion; propodus 1.9 times as long as wide, 1.4 times as long as ischium; dactylus moderately slender, 1.6 times as long as propodus, 3.5 times as long as basal width.</p>
            <p>Pleopods 1 and 2 rami simple, 3-5 endopods with weak fleshy ridges. Pleopod 1 exopod 1.4 times as long as wide, lateral margin weakly convex, distally broadly rounded, mesial margin weakly convex; endopod 1.2 times as long as wide, lateral margin convex, distally broadly rounded, mesial margin slightly convex; peduncle 2.8 times as wide as long. Pleopod endopods 3-5 each with proximomedial lobe.</p>
            <p>Uropod 0.8 times as long as pleotelson; peduncle 0.7 times as long as rami, lateral margin without setae; rami not extending beyond pleotelson, marginal setae absent, apices broadly rounded. Endopod 2.9 times as long as greatest width, as long as exopod, lateral margin convex, mesial margin straight. Exopod extending to end of endopod, 3.1 times as long as greatest width, lateral margin convex.</p>
            <p>Male</p>
            <p>(juvenile paratype 7.5 mm). Body approximately 2.0 times longer than wide; posterolateral margins of pereonites laterally extending giving indented body outline; coxae posteriorly acute; pereonite 7 extending to posterior of pleonite 2. Pleon half as wide as body, all pleonites visible in dorsal view. Pleotelson 0.9 times as long as anterior width, lateral margins convex, posterior margin evenly rounded.</p>
            <p>Antennula with 8 articles. Antenna with 10 articles. Mandible article 3 with 6 RS. Pereopods similar in proportions to female. Pleopods similar in proportions to female; pleopod 2 appendix masculina and penial processes absent.</p>
            <p>Uropod 0.8 as long as pleotelson, peduncle 0.5 times as long as rami, rami not extending beyond pleotelson, apices narrowly rounded. Endopod 4.0 times as long as greatest width, 0.8 as long as exopod, lateral margin weakly convex, mesial margin weakly concave. Exopod extending beyond end of endopod, 4.7 times as long as greatest width, lateral margin convex, mesial margin concave.</p>
            <p>Remarks.</p>
            <p>As the genus is monotypic, the species is identified by the generic characters, in particular the coxae being ventral in position rather than lateral, the pleonites being all wide, without ventrolateral processes, in combination with the short posteriorly directed ventral rostrum that separates the slender antennula and antenna.</p>
            <p>Host.</p>
            <p> There is no host data for the holotype and wild-caught paratypes; the specimen from the Durban Aquarium is from a dwarf angelfish (  Centropyge ). Several species of externally attaching cymothoid have been photographed by SCUBA divers on the coral reefs at Sodwana Bay; from the photographs three species of  Pomacanthidae (angelfish) are identified as probable hosts:  Apolemichthys trimaculatus (Cuvier, 1831),  Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787), and  Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772), but these hosts need to be confirmed by direct capture of the isopods in situ. </p>
            <p>Etymology.</p>
            <p> The epithet is the word for louse (  intwala ) in the isiZulu language (noun in apposition). </p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/707B590A680E56C8A4B7EC8E4736F6B9	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Bruce, Niel L.;Welicky, Rachel L.;Hadfield, Kerry A.;Smit, Nico J.	Bruce, Niel L., Welicky, Rachel L., Hadfield, Kerry A., Smit, Nico J. (2019): A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae. ZooKeys 889: 1-15, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.889.38638, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.889.38638
