Folia Parasitologica 47[3] 235-240 (2000) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2000.042

A new species, Gnathia nkulu sp. n. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae) from southern Africa

Nico J. Smit, Jo G. Van As
Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa

A new species, Gnathia nkulu sp. n. is described from material collected off the South African coast at 80-200m depth. It differs from the intertidal species Gnathia africana Barnard, 1914 in that the mediofrontal process is not deeply divided into two lobes, article 2 of the pylopod is rounded and small wart-like tubercles and long simple setae are present on both the cephalosome and pereon.

Keywords: Gnathia nkulu, description, taxonomy, morphology

Received: November 30, 1999; Accepted: February 21, 2000; Published: September 1, 2000  Show citation

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Smit, N.J., & Van As, J.G. (2000). A new species, Gnathia nkulu sp. n. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae) from southern Africa. Folia Parasitologica, 47(3), 235-240. doi: 10.14411/fp.2000.042
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