Lazare Botosaneanu, and Thomas M. Iliffe (2007). Discovery of a third
stygobitic species of Gnathostenetroididae (Isopoda Asellota), and
additional information on some other stygobitic isopods (Cirolanidae) from
the Caribbean. Subterranean Biology, 5:25-22.
Neostenetroides magniezi,
sp. nov. (male, female) is described from an
unusual subterranean aquatic habitat, possibly anchialine, on the island of
Mayaguana, Bahamas. This 3rd described subterranean adapted species of a
small family of Asellota, is compared with two previously described species
from anchialine caves, respectively on San Salvador Island, Bahamas and on
Cuba. Unpublished information (morphology, distribution) is made available
for several Caribbean stygobiont Cirolanidae:
Metacirolana mayana,
Bahalana geracei,
B. abacoana,
B. yagerae, Cirolana (C.) troglexuma.
Lazare B otosaneanu,
Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Middenlaan 64, 1018DH
Amsterdam, The Netherland. - Thomas M. Iliffe, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University
at Galveston, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, Texas 77553, USA.
E-mail: iliffet@tamug.edu
Keywords: Isopoda, Gnathostenetroididae, Neostenetroides, anchialine,
Bahamas, Mayaguana
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