Joeropsis sp. 11

Bruce, Niel L., 2015, Joeropsididae Nordenstam, 1933 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) from the Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, ZooKeys 491, pp. 1-62 : 50

Taxon classification Animalia Isopoda Joeropsididae

Joeropsis sp. 11

Material.

♂ (1.5 mm), Hicks Reef, 14.44803°S, 145.4992°E, 21 February 2009, outer reef front, dead coral heads on reef edge, 5-7 m, LIZ09-16E, coll. NLB & MB-P (MTQ W34021). ♀ (non-ovig. 1.4 mm), Day Reef, 14.48356°S, 145.5459°E, 13 February 2009, outer reef, fine rubble, 10 m, stn LIZ09-04C, coll. MB-P (MTQ W31200). ♀ (1.2 mm), Day Reef, 14.48283°S, 145.5564°E, 19 February 2009, outer reef front, small rubble in gully, 7.5 m, stn LIZ09-13A, coll. MB-P & N. Bruce (MTQ W34022).

Remarks.

No specimen has antenna. The dorsum is finely and sparsely speckled with black chromatophores, with further speckling ventrally. The pseudorostrum is laterally angled and appears to have marginal cuticular scales.