Review of the Gnathiidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of western Japan with a description of five new species, one redescription, and one new Japanese record.
Joint press release (in Japanese) by San`in Kaigan Global Geopark（Museum of Geomorphology and Geology）, Hokkaido University, Kyoto University
Abstract
The gnathiid fauna around the world, including Japan, remains poorly detailed in the literature. In this study, we examine gnathiid specimens obtained from the continental shelf area of western Japan from 1995 to 2023. As a result, we report the following findings: (1) two new species of Caecognathia: Caecognathia tida sp. nov. and Caecognathia inferoculus sp. nov.; (2) three new species of Gnathia: Gnathia hayashiae sp. nov., Gnathia toyoshiomaruae sp. nov., and Gnathia tajirana sp. nov.; (3) redescription of Gnathia consobrina (Monod, 1926) comb. nov. since the original description; and (4) first record of Gnathia koreana Song and Ming, 2018 from Japan. Most descriptions are based on ….
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Article inforamation
Ota Yuzo, Kakui Keiichi, Shimomura Michitaka, Review of the Gnathiidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of western Japan with a description of five new species, one redescription, and one new Japanese record,
Bulletin of Marine Science, 101, 2, April 2025, pp. 941-994(54)
DOI：10.5343/bms.2024.0086
