%0 Journal Article
%T Leptochelia Vatulelensis (Crustacea: Tanaidacea), A New Species From Anchialine Caves of the South-Western Pacific
%A Modest Gu u
%A Thomas M. Iliffe
%J Travaux du Mus¨Ļum National d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa"
%D 2011
%I 
%R 10.2478/v10191-011-0022-2
%X Leptochelia vatulelensis n. sp., discovered on the small islands of Vatulele (Fijian group) and Ouv¨Ļa (Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia), is described and illustrated. The new species is distinguished from the others of the "Leptochelia-dubia group" (to which it is generally similar) by the following combination of morphological characteristics: (1) the presence of three to four distal setae on the maxilliped basis; (2) merus of pereopods III and IV with only a distosternal seta; (3) endopod of the uropods formed of four (rarely three) articles; (4) males with two (sometimes three) relatively short aesthetascs on the first five articles of the antennular flagellum; (5) male cheliped with a diminished dimorphism; (6) males with a vertical comb-row of setae on the cheliped propodus. Although it inhabits inland, anchialine caves, the new species lacks morphological features that are characteristic of some cave species.
%K Tanaidacea
%K Leptocheliidae
%K Fiji Islands
%K Loyalty Islands
%K Leptochelia vatulelensis n. sp
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