Organisms Diversity & Evolution 5 (2005)
Electronic Supplement 8

Myriam Schüller, J. Wolfgang Wägele:
Redescription of Ischyromene lacazei Racovitza, 1908 (Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from the Mediterranean coast of southern France

print version: Org. Divers. Evol. 5(2): 165-166. 2005 (abstract only)
electr. suppl.: full article. pdf-format, 3.14 MB

Abstract:

The sphaeromatid species Ischyromene lacazei Racovitza, 1908 is redescribed, based on new material from the type locality, the intertidal zones at Banyuls-sur-mer, southern France. Groups of specimens were found in empty shells of Balanus perforatus and Chthamalus stellatus (Crustacea: Balanomorpha); the formation of harems was not observed.

Key words: Taxonomy; Mediterranean; Crustacea; Isopoda; Sphaeromatidae; Ischyromene lacazei

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