Seba zeumindi Yerman &amp; Coleman 2009, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Yerman, Michelle N.
name: Coleman, Charles Oliver
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Sebidae
Seba
Seba zeumindi

description: <i>Seba zeumindi</i> sp. nov. (Figs 6, 7) <b>Type material.</b> Holotype, female, 0.9 mm, AM P77558, Cobia Hole, Lizard Island (14°39.154’S 145°26.851’E), coarse sediment with shell and coral, among patches of reef, core, 17 m, M. Yerman, 25 February 2005 (QLD 1663). <b>Type locality.</b> Cobia Hole, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia. <b>Etymology.</b> Named after my (MNY) two loyal canine companions, Zeus and Mindy. <b>Description.</b> Based on the female holotype 0.9 mm, AM P77558. <b>Head.</b> <i>Head</i> eyes present. <i>Antenna 1</i> peduncular article 1 subequal in length to article 2; article 2 length, 2 x breadth. <b>Pereon.</b> <i>Gnathopod 1</i> subchelate; smaller than gnathopod 2; coxa with posteroventral corner rounded; propodus palm obtuse, smooth and straight; dactylus is curved. <i>Gnathopod 2</i> chelate; ischium short, 3.25 x breadth; carpus about 0.5 x length of propodus. <i>Pereopod 3</i> coxa with posteroventral corner subquadrate, or with posteroventral corner rounded. <i>Pereopod 4</i> coxa with posteroventral lobe small or absent. <i>Pereopod 5</i> basis evenly expanded, margins subparallel; merus expanded, slightly extending along carpus. <i>Pereopod 6</i> basis evenly expanded, margins subparallel. <i>Pereopod 7</i> basis broadly expanded, posterior evenly convex; merus expanded, slightly extending along carpus. <b>Pleon.</b> <i>Epimeron 2</i> posteroventral corner weakly produced. <i>Epimeron 3</i> posteroventral corner rounded. <i>Urosomites</i>. <i>Uropod 1</i> peduncle shorter than uropod 2 peduncle; outer ramus shorter than inner ramus. <i>Uropod 2</i> outer ramus slightly shorter than inner ramus. <i>Uropod 3</i> peduncle about half length of ramus. <i>Telson</i> longer than broad, lateral margins slightly convex. <b>Habitat.</b> Coarse sediment with shell and coral, among patches of reef. <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Seba zeumindi</i> is similar to <i>S. mariolgae</i> in that it also possesses eyes. It can however, can be distinguished from other similar species, such as <i>S. tropica</i> McKinney, 1980, <i>S. saundersii</i> Stebbing,1875, <i>S. dubia</i> Schellenberg, 1926 and <i>S. antarctica</i> Walker, 1907, by the slight extension of the merus along the carpus on pereopods 5 and 7. The posteroventral corner on epimeron 3 is rounded, similar to <i>S. stoningtonensis</i> Thurston, 1974 and <i>S. subantarctica</i> Schellenberg, 1931 and the rami on uropod 2 are subequal in length. <b>Distribution.</b> <i>Australia</i>. Queensland: Lizard Island (current study).
description: Published as part of <i>Yerman, Michelle N. &amp; Coleman, Charles Oliver, 2009, Sebidae *, pp. 861-871 in Zootaxa 2260 (1)</i> on page 868, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.48, http://zenodo.org/record/5309437
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