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Munnogonium George & Stromberg 1968

  • 1. Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark; (Hon. Associate, Museum Victoria, Melbourne)
  • 2. Saugatuck Natural History Laboratory, Saugatuck, Michigan 49453, USA.

Description

Key to species of Munnogonium

1. Frontal margin with projection; pereionite 1–4 lateral margins coxae not visible in dorsal view............................ 2

- Frontal margin without projection; pereionite 1–4 lateral margins coxae visible in dorsal view........................ 3

2. Pleotelson lateral margin convex; antennula article 1 length shorter than article 2; antennula articles 4–6 of subequal length, all shorter than 3; antenna article 5 distinctly longer than article 4.... Munnogonium diplonychia Doti & Roccatagliata, 2013

- Pleotelson lateral margin with proximal neck before convex margin; antennula article 1 length subequal to article 2, or longer than article 2; antennula articles 4 and 6 shorter than articles 3 and 5; antenna article 5 only slightly longer than article 4........................................................... Munnogonium quequensis Doti & Roccatagliata, 2013

3. Pleotelson posterior margin evenly curving into lateral margin................................................. 4

- Pleotelson posterior margin set apart from lateral margins by concavity at level of uropods....................................................................................... Munnogonium falklandicum (Nordenstam, 1933)

4. Pereiopod I merus posterior margin with fine setae only; uropods on lateral margin of pleotelson...................... 5

- Pereiopod I merus posterior margin with one robust seta on distally; uropods dorsal and directly adjacent to lateral margin of pleotelson........................................................................................... 7

5. Antennula article 1 length subequal to article 2, or longer than article 2; pereiopod I coxa in terminal males fully fused to pereionite 1; pereiopod II propodus ventral margin with simple setae only... Munnogonium tillerae (Menzies & Barnard, 1959)

- Antennula article 1 length shorter than article 2; pereiopod I coxa distinctly articulated on pereionite 1; pereiopod II propodus ventral margin with short robust setae..................................................................... 6

6. Pereiopods II basis posterior margin in males without projections; pereiopod II carpus ventral margin with row of elongate robust setae; pereiopod II dactylus dorsal claw thin, longer than dactylus length; male pleopod I lateral lobes distal sublobe with robust seta on apex................................................. Munnogonium globifrons (Menzies, 1962)

- Pereiopods II basis posterior margin in males with distal lobe; pereiopod II carpus ventral margin with short robust setae; pereiopod II dactylus dorsal claw robust, shorter than dactylus length; male pleopod I lateral lobes distal sublobe with tuft of simple setae......................................................... Munnogonium erratum (Schultz, 1964)

7. Frontal margin broadly rounded; body widest in male at pereionite 4; pereiopod I propodus opposing margin with robust seta; uropod endopod distal margin rounded.................................... Munnogonium longicaudatum sp. nov.

- Frontal margin concave medially; body widest in male at pereionite 3; pereiopod I propodus opposing margin with simple setae; uropod endopod distal margin with rounded point medially, curving laterally....................................................................................... Munnogonium waldronense George & Strömberg, 1968

Notes

Published as part of Just, Jean & Wilson, George D. F., 2021, Redescriptions and new species in the ' Austrosignum-Munnogonium' complex sensu Just & Wilson (2007), mainly from the Southern Hemisphere (Crustacea Isopoda: Paramunnidae), pp. 401-447 in Zootaxa 4952 (3) on page 428, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4690423

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Paramunnidae
Genus
Munnogonium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Isopoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
George & Stromberg
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Munnogonium George, 1968 sec. Just & Wilson, 2021

References

  • Doti, B. L. & Roccatagliata, D. (2013) Two new species of the genus Munnogonium (Isopoda: Asellota: Paramunnidae) from Argentina. Zootaxa, 3717 (3), 301 - 319 https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3717.3.1
  • Nordenstam, A. (1933) Marine Isopoda of the families Serolidae, Idotheidae, Pseudidotheidae, Arcturidae, Parasellidae and Stenetriidae mainly from the South Atlantic. Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901 - 1903, 3, 1 - 284.
  • Menzies, R. J. & Barnard, J. L. (1959) Marine Isopoda on coastal shelf bottoms of southern California: systematics and ecology. Pacific Naturalist, 1, 3 - 35.
  • Menzies, R. J. (1962) The zoogeography, ecology, and systematics of the Chilean marine isopods. Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948 - 49, Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, Neue Folge, Avd. 2, 57, 1 - 162.
  • Schultz, G. A. (1964) Some marine isopod crustaceans from off the southern California coast. Pacific Science, 18 (3), 307 - 314.
  • George, R. Y. & Stromberg, J. - O. (1968) Some new species and new records of marine isopods from San Juan Archipelago, Washington, USA. Crustaceana, 14, 225 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 156854068 X 00827