Family BATHYNATALIIDAE Kensley, 1978

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Introduction

The family Bathynataliidae was erected for a monotypic South African genus Bathynatalia Kensley, 1978 and expanded to include a second monotypic South African genus, Naudea Kensley, 1979. The third genus Biremia Bruce, 1985 occurs in Australia and has two described species

Diagnosis

Pleonal epimera 2-3 prolonged, surrounding pleotelson; ventrolateral margins of pleon and pleotelson broad and flattened; uropod in posterior notch on pleotelson, with extremely enlarged peduncle and small rami; maxilliped with fused articles 2-3 oval, 4-5 minute; pereopod 1 with robust propodus.

Diagnosis References

Poore, G.C.B. 2005. Biremia kensleyi, new species of Bathynataliidae, a small Southern Hemisphere family (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118: 55-62 [55] (diagnosis)

General References

Bruce, N.L. 1985. Biremia ambocerca n. gen., n. sp., the first record of the marine isopod crustacean family Bathynataliidae from Australian waters. Records of the Australian Museum 37: 295-299

Kensley, B. 1978. A new marine isopod family from the south-western Indian Ocean. Annals of the South African Museum 75: 41-50

Kensley, B. 1979. A second genus in the marine isopod family Bathynataliidae. Annals of the South African Museum 79: 35-41

Poore, G.C.B. 1985. Basserolis kimblae, a new genus and species of isopod (Crustacea) from Australia. Journal of Crustacean Biology 5: 175-181

Poore, G.C.B. 2005. Biremia kensleyi, new species of Bathynataliidae, a small Southern Hemisphere family (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118: 55-62

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