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Abstract
Booralana nickorum sp. nov. is described from the deep-water slope of the Exuma Sound, The Bahamas, from depths of 540 to 560 metres. It is the fourth species to be assigned to the genus and the second species described from the Western North Atlantic. The species can be distinguished from Booralana tricarinata Camp and Heard, 1988 and the other species by the sub-triangular pleotelson and the uropodal exopod of mature males being far longer than endopod, with both rami extending well beyond the posterior margin of the pleotelson. Additionally, pleopods 3 and 4 lack a prominent angle at midpoint of ramus.
Northeast Exuma Sound, Crustacea, Isopoda, Booralana, Atlantic Ocean
Booralana nickorum sp. nov.
Oliver N. Shipley, Niel L. Bruce, Nicholas D. Higgs, Scott Rawlins, Duncan J. Irschick, Robert Gutierrez, Joshua K. Moyer, Mackellar Violich, Brendan S. Talwar, Eric V.C. Schneider, Nathan J. Robinson and Edward J. Brooks. 2024. A New Species of Deep-sea Booralana Bruce, 1986 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from The Bahamas, Western North Atlantic. Zootaxa. 5399(3); 254-264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.3.4
New Crustacean Discovered in Deep Waters of Bahamas
The finding may help scientists better understand the vast biodiversity of the sea
news.stonybrook.edu/university/new-crustacean-discovered-in-deep-waters-of-bahamas/