Symmius yamaguchiensis Shimomura, 2008, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Shimomura, Michitaka
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Chaetiliidae
Symmius
Symmius yamaguchiensis

description: Symmius yamaguchiensis sp. nov.
Figs 2–5
Material examined. Holotype. Ovigorous female, 11.29 mm (KMNH IvR 500,229), dissected and mounted on glass slides, St.11, off Yamaguchi Prefecture, 34°36.263’N, 130°32.512’E – 34°36.132’N, 130°32.974’E, 126 m, sand, sledge net, TRV Toyoshio-maru, 18 November, 1999. Paratype. Non-ovigorous female, 8.29 mm (KMNH IvR 500,230), dissected and mounted on glass slides, same data as holotype.
Description. Body (Fig. 2 A, B) 2.5 times as long as wide, dorsoventrally flattened. Integument smooth. Head (Fig. 2 A) 0.46 times as long as wide, with nearly straight frontal margin, with well-defined ocular lobes having yellow rudimentary eye pigment dorsally: ocular lobes not projecting anteriorly. Pereonites each with mid-dorsal projections; pleonite 2 with small mid-dorsal projection. Coxal plates of pereonites 5 and 6 slightly curved posteriorly, with blunt apex. Pereonite 7 and pleonite 1 subequal in width. Pleon 0.45 of total length; pleonite 1 without mid-dorsal projection; pleonite 2 wider than pleonite 1; pleotelson about twice as long as wide, tapering to sharply rounded apex.
Antennule (Fig. 2 C): peduncular articles 1–3 with many fine setae marginally; article 2 about 1.2 times as long as article 1; article 3 trapezoidal, 0.76 times as long as article 2; flagellum consisting of 1 large and 2 minute articles; article 1 about 1.68 times as long as peduncular article 3, 6.5 times as long as wide, with many fine setae laterally, 1 simple seta and 2 aesthetascs distally; article 2 with 1 simple seta and 1 aesthetasc mesially; article 3 with 5 simple apical setae.
Antenna (Fig. 2 D) with many fine setae and some bifid, multibranched, plumose and simple setae: peduncular article 3 longest of all articles; flagellum 1.16 times as long as peduncular article 5.
Left mandible (Fig. 3 A): lacinia mobilis with 3 cusps; incisor with 4 cusps; spine row of 6 spines and 2 pectinate setae. Right mandible (Fig. 3 B): lacinia mobilis with many small teeth on anterior margin; incisor with 4 cusps; spine row of 9 spine and 2 pectinate setae.
Maxillule (Fig. 3 C): mesial lobe with 2 plumose apical setae; lateral lobe with 6 simple and 4 denticulate setae apically, and with many fine setae mesially.
Maxilla (Fig. 3 D): mesial lobe with 5 plumose apical setae and many fine mesial setae; middle lobe with 3 pectinate and 1 fine seta; lateral lobe with 2 pectinate and 3 fine setae.
Maxilliped (Fig. 3 E) covered with many fine setae ventrally: endite reaching halfway along palp article 2, with 6 plumose setae distally; palp article 1 with 1 bifid mesial seta; article 2 with 10 simple and 3 bifid setae; article 3 with 8 simple mesial and 2 simple lateral setae; article 4 with 7 simple apical setae; epipod about 0.73 length of endite.
Pereopod 1 (Fig. 3 F) with dense cover of fine setae: ischium 0.58 length of basis; merus 0.45 of ischium, with 2 slender, simple dorsal setae, and 5 slender, simple and 1 robust, plumose ventral setae; carpus with 4 slender, simple mesial and 5 robust, plumose ventral setae; propodus as long as ischium, merus and carpus combined, with 2 slender, bifid, 6 slener, simple and 1 robust, plumose setae dorsally, and with 5 slender, simple and 11 robust, plumose setae ventrally; dactylus with 3 slender, simple distal, 2 subdistal and 4 ventral setae. Pereopods 2–7 (Figs. 3 G, 4A–C, 5A, B) with dense cover of fine setae: ischia and meri of pereopods 2– 7 with 4–7 long, robust plumose setae dorsally; propodi of pereopods 2–4 broader than those of pereopods 5 and 6. Pereopod 2 (Fig. 3 G): ischium produced ventrally near at middle. Pereopod 7 (Fig, 5B): ischium 0.68 length of basis; merus 0.74 length of ischium; carpus trapezoidal, 0.43 length of merus; propodus 1.67 times as long as carpus; dactylus as long as carpus.
Pleopod 1 (Fig. 5 C): peduncle with 1 plumose seta mesially and 4 stout hooks laterally; endopod 0.91 length of exopod, with 28 long plumose setae marginally; exopod with 31 long plumose setae. Pleopod 2 (Fig. 5 D): peduncle with 2 plumose setae mesially and 3 short hooks laterally; endopod 0.87 length of exopod, with 34 long plumose setae; exopod with 21 long plumose setae. Pleopod 3 (Fig. 5 E): peduncle with 1 simple mesial seta; endopod 0.92 length of exopod, with 5 short plumose setae. Pleopods 4 and 5 (Fig. 5 F, G): endopods with short plumose setae mesially, respectively.
Uropod (Fig. 5 H): peduncle about 3 times as long as wide, with many long multibranched setae; endopod with many multibranched setae and simple scales ventrally, and with 6 long plumose apical setae; exopod 0.76 length of peduncle, with 7 long plumose lateral setae and 3 plumose apical setae, and with 15 short simple, 2 short plumose and many fine setae mesially; multibranched seta with many setules.
Colour. Colour in life yellowish white.
Remarks. Symmius yamaguchiensis sp. nov. is readily distinguished from the other species of the genus except S. caudatus, by a combination of nearly straight frontal margin of the head, the rudimentary eye pigment, 11 plumose setae on the palm of propodus of pereopod 1, the ambulatory pereopod 7, and pereonites 1– 7 and pleonite 2 each with mid-dorsal projection.
Symmius yamaguchiensis sp. nov. is similar to Symmius caudatus Richardson, 1904, known from 109– 127 m depth off Osezaki, Izu Peninsula, Japan, in having the ambulatory pereopod 7. The two species, however, differ from one another by the following characters (those of S. caudatus in parentheses): body 2.5 times as long as wide (3.1 times as long as wide); pereonites 1–7 and pleonite 2 each with mid-dorsal projection (without mid-dorsal projection); anterior angle of ocular lobe not projecting (strongly projecting anteriorly); peduncular article 3 of antennule 0.76 times as long as article 2 (as long as article 2); coxal plates of pereonites 5 and 6 slightly curved posteriorly, with blunt apex (strongly curved posteriorly, with acute apex); and very setose pereopods (scattered setae).
Etymology. The new species is named after the type locality.
description: Published as part of Shimomura, Michitaka, 2008, A new species of Symmius Richardson (Crustacea: Isopoda: Chaetiliidae) from Japan, pp. 61-68 in Zootaxa 1719 on pages 63-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181052