First record of the genus Paraimene Javed & Ahmed, 1988 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman, with a revised diagnosis to the genus

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics

مقالات آماده انتشار، پذیرفته شده، انتشار آنلاین از تاریخ 22 دی 1400  

نوع مقاله: Original Article

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22067/ijab.2021.70494.1011

نویسندگان

Valiallah Khalaji-Pirbalouty ¹؛ Niloofar Arian²

¹Department of Biology, Faculty of science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

²Department of Biology, Faculty of science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.

چکیده

Paraimene tuberculata Javed & Ahmed, 1988, the type species of the genus is redescribed, photographed and illustrated, based on material from the Gulf of Oman. This species is distinguished from all other species of the genus by pereonites 2–4 bearing 3 rounded tubercles, pereonites 5–7 with 3 rounded and 2 elongated tubercles, and a pleotelson with 7 elongated tubercles on dorsal surface. The present species is the only member of the genus that occurs Indian Ocean from Pakistan coasts to the Iranian side of the Gulf of Oman. A revised generic diagnosis is provided for the genus Paraimene.
Paraimene tuberculata Javed & Ahmed, 1988, the type species of the genus is redescribed, photographed and illustrated, based on material from the Gulf of Oman. This species is distinguished from all other species of the genus by pereonites 2–4 bearing 3 rounded tubercles, pereonites 5–7 with 3 rounded and 2 elongated tubercles, and a pleotelson with 7 elongated tubercles on dorsal surface. The present species is the only member of the genus that occurs Indian Ocean from Pakistan coasts to the Iranian side of the Gulf of Oman. A revised generic diagnosis is provided for the genus Paraimene.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Key words: Isopoda؛ Sphaeromatidae؛ Paraimene؛ Gulf of Oman؛ Iran