Plazi SpeciesMar 13

#NewSpecies!
New isopod from #brazil just came in:

Kaaetecarcinia apina

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/966C87D6-FFE4-FFBB-FDBE-69DFE0E2FBC1
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3187
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Plazi SpeciesMar 6

#NewSpecies!
New isopod from #brazil just came in:

Brasilana spelaea

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B587F8-FFDC-FF86-FF11-9DBA05F7CC59
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.4
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Plazi SpeciesFeb 27

#NewSpecies!
New isopod from #japan just came in:

Athelges pileus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9663C94B-60EB-54A7-9680-15F57C01ED9A
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1270.160197
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Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐Feb 26
El cangrejo hermitaño Pylopagurus discoidalis usa las conchas de los escafópodos como vivienda y protección. Además, su gran quela o pinza le sirve como puerta. 📷Barry B. Brown #crustacea
Plazi SpeciesFeb 20

#NewSpecies!
New aquatic isopod from #argentina just came in:

Edotia dotiae

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/502D9753-3EE6-55F7-8F2D-1F9A217933BB
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1267.174707
#ZooKeys #EdotiaDotiae

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Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐Feb 13
En los isópodos marinos del género Gnathia, como este Gnathia maxillaris, los machos adultos tienen unas potentes mandíbulas, recordando junto con su céfalon a unas hormigas soldado. Antes de ser adultos, alternan varias veces entre etapas parasitarias zuphea, donde se alimentan de los peces como pulgas, y pranzia, donde mudan y crecen. Como adultos, dejan de ser parásitos. 📷Chris Isaacs #crustacea #isopoda
Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐Feb 13
El cangrejo cabeza de mandarina (Geosesarma krathing) vive en la provincia de Chanthaburi en Tailandia. Es terrestre, pero puede escalar árboles y arbustos en las orillas de los ríos.📷Parinya Pawangkhanant #cangrejos #crabs #crustacea
Plazi SpeciesFeb 6

#NewSpecies!
New freshwater crayfish from #indonesia just surfaced:

Cherax bomberai

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3E33C-FFEC-FFB5-FE56-3EDEFB63FD7F
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3390/arthropoda3020010
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Plazi SpeciesJan 30

#NewSpecies!
New woodlice from #portugal just came in:

Trichorhina cascaisensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2E5BF94E-196E-3F74-FF67-98BCAB62686F
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.3.2
#Zootaxa #TrichorhinaCascaisensis

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Plazi SpeciesJan 30

#NewSpecies!
New deep-sea squat lobster from the #arabian #sea just pinched us:

Babamunida lakshadweepa

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038087C6-944F-FF8B-FE6C-FCDCE054FF9C
Publication: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2590014
#JournalOfNaturalHistory #BabamunidaLakshadweepa

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