A new species of Syscenus Harger, 1880 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae) from eastern Australia, with a revised diagnosis of the genus

Niel L. Bruce
1997 Records of the Australian Museum  
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
more » ... 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.
doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.49.1997.1261 fatcat:qtl575umizd7visi7lck5xdiau