Palaega yamadai, Karasawa & Ohara & Kato, 2023

Karasawa, Hiroaki, Ohara, Masaaki & Kato, Hisayoshi, 2023, Validation of the names of four species of Decapoda and one species of Isopoda from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) Arida Formation of central Japan, Zootaxa 5277 (1), pp. 198-200 : 199

Palaega yamadai n. sp.

Palaega yamadai Karasawa, Ohara & Kato, 2008: 108 , figs. 2.1–2.2. [unavailable].

Type material. HOLOTYPE: WMNH-Ge-1140320049, pereonites, pleonites and pleotelson from Suhara, Yuasa-cho , Wakayama Prefecture (34°2′34.4′′N, 135°10′24.8′′E) . PARATYPE: WMNH-Ge-1140320050, pereonites, pleonites and pleotelson from the same locality as holotype.

Diagnosis. Small-sized Palaega . Posterior half of all pereonites and pleonites ornamented with fine, longitudinal striations. Pleotelson ovate, longer than wide, narrowing posteriorly, widest at suture with pleonite 5; posterior margin finely dentate.

Etymology. For S. Yamada who collected the type specimen.