nature culture discover Bruce, Niel L., 1997. A new species of Syscenus Harger, 1880 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae) from eastern Australia, with a revised diagnosis of the genus. ABSTRACT. Syscenus springthorpei n.sp. is described from a single specimen taken from the southeastern Australian coast at a depth of about 500 m. This species is characterised by a sub-acute pleotelson apex, uropods that do not extend beyond the posterior margin of the pleotelson and a short antennal flagellum that

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... not extend beyond pereonite 3. A revised diagnosis of the genus and an annotated list of the known species is presented. BRUCE, NIEL L., 1997. A new species of Syscenus Harger, 1880 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae) from eastern Australia, with a revised diagnosis of the genus. Records of the Australian Museum 49(2): 113-120. Type species. Syscenus infelix Harger, 1880, by monotypy. Gender neuter.