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A new species of Neocirolana Hale, 1925 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) collected during the Royal Society Expedition to Aldabra 1967–69, western Indian Ocean

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dc.contributor.authorBruce, Niel L.
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Lauren
dc.contributor.researchID26462516 - Bruce, Niel Lucien
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-12T09:27:53Z
dc.date.available2020-11-12T09:27:53Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractNeocirolana taylori sp. nov. is described from Picard Island, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, the first record of the genus from the tropical Western Indian Ocean and the eleventh species in the genus. The species is characterised by the ovate body shape with a strongly- vaulted dorsum, lack of dorsal nodules and pleotelson carinae, having prominent and strongly-produced coxae on pereonites 5 to 7 and robust pereopods. Neocirolana taylori was collected from the intertidal and shallow subtidal reef crest habitatsen_US
dc.identifier.citationBruce, N.L. & Hughes, L. 2020. A new species of Neocirolana Hale, 1925 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) collected during the Royal Society Expedition to Aldabra 1967-69, western Indian Ocean. Journal of natural history, 54(21-22):1395-1407. [https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1797202]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-2933
dc.identifier.issn1464-5262 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/36327
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2020.1797202
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1797202
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.subjectWestern Indian Oceanen_US
dc.subjectCymothooideaen_US
dc.subjectCymothoidaen_US
dc.subjectTaxonomyen_US
dc.subjectCoral reefsen_US
dc.titleA new species of Neocirolana Hale, 1925 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) collected during the Royal Society Expedition to Aldabra 1967–69, western Indian Oceanen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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