Eomunidopsis kinokunica, 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

Eomunidopsis kinokunica n. sp.

Eomunidopsis kinokunica Karasawa, Ohara & Kato, 2008: 105 , figs. 2.4–2.5. [unavailable].

Type material. HOLOTYPE: WMNH-Ge-1140320058, carapace from Suhara, Yuasa-cho , Wakayama Prefecture (34°2′35.6′′N, 135°10′29.4′′E).

Diagnosis. Small-sized Eomunidopsis . Carapace excluding rostrum, subquadrate, slightly longer than wide, widest at mid-length. Rostrum triangular; lateral margins smooth, very weakly concave, rimmed; dorsal surface smooth with median ridge. Outer orbital angle not produced. Lateral margin gently convex without spines. Gastric, cardiac, hepatic, intestinal, and branchial regions ornamented with transverse and/or oblique ridges. Cervical groove deep, well defined. Postcervical groove moderately defined.

Etymology. From “Kinokuni”, meaning Wakayama in an ancient age.