MemoirsofMuseumVictoria66:35-42(2009) ISSN 1447-2546(Print) 1447-2554(On-line) http://museumvictoria.com.au/About/Books-and-Journals/Journals/Memoirs-of-Museum-Victoria A new genus and new species ofSphaeromatidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia NielL. Bruce Museum of Tropical Queensland, Queensland Museum and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University;70-102FlindersStreet,Townsville,Australia4810(email:[email protected]) Abstract Bruce,N.L.2009.AnewgenusandnewspeciesofSphaeromatidae(Crustacea: Isopoda)fromtheGreatBarrierReef, Australia.MemoirsofMuseumVictoria66:35-42. Pooredocegaryigen. nov.,sp.nov.,isdescribedfromLizardIsland,northernGreatBarrierReef,Australia.The genusisrelatedtothegroupofsphaeromatidgeneracharacterisedbyhavinglong‘finger-like’extensionstothearticlesof themaxillipedpalp,stoutrobustsetaeontheinferiormarginsofpereopods1-3andtheuropodalendopodroundinsection, withthe exopod abouthalfas long asthe endopod; similargeneraare Cymodoce Leach, 1814(Indo-Pacific species), Koremasphaera Bruce, 2003 and Oxinasphaera Bruce, 1997. Pooredoce gen. nov. is characterized by the adult male having adorsally recessed dorsumtothepleotelson,the posteriormargin ofwhich hasthree enclosedforamens, two visible dorsally, the third visible only from the interiorofthe posteriormargin, the two foramens are formed by the pleotelsonposterolateralandmedianmarginlobescomingintocontactposteriorly;andtheposteriormarginofthepleon formsanirregularposteriorlydirectedridge.Pooredocegaryiwascollectedfromthereefcrestandisknownfromthetype locality.LizardIslandandatHicksReef. Keywords Crustacea, Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae, Great Barrier Reef, coral reef, Queensland, Australia, southwestern Pacific, taxonomy Introduction recognitionofhisgreatcontributiontoknowledgeofAustralian isopodanddecapodcrustaceans. The Sphaeromatidae of the Great Barrier Reef can be considered as comparatively well known, notably following Methodsandabbreviations theworkofBritishauthorsKeithHarrisonandDavidHoldich (e.g.HarrisonandHoldich1982, 1984;alsoBruce 1997;earlier Terminology, measurements and descriptions follow Bruce references therein). Poore (2002; 2005) lists 203 species of (e.g. 1997,2003).Thegenericdescriptionwasproducedusing SphaeromatidaefromAustralia, 60 ofwhich areknownfrom aDELTA (Dallwitz etal. 1997) generic data setthatis under Queensland. In comparison easternAfrica(southern Somalia development. SetalterminologyfollowsWatling(1989). toMozambiqueandMadagascar),asimilarstretchoftropical Abbreviations continental coast, has34recorded species ofSphaeromatidae RS—robust seta/setae; PMS—plumose marginal seta/e; (Benvenuti and Messana 2000; Kensley 2001; Schotte and MTQ—Museum of Tropical Queensland, Queensland Kensley 2005), butthe intensity of sampling would probably Museum,Townsville. have been far lower than in Queensland. The Great Barrier Reef,includingtheadjacentCoral Seareefs,has23 speciesof Taxonomy Sphaeromatidae, recorded principally from Heron Island and LizardIsland,thesitesoftwomajorresearchstations.Despite FamilySphaeromatidaeLatreille, 1825 thehighnumberofspecies,documentationofthisfamilyisfar from complete for the Great Barrier Reef and tropical Pooredocegen.nov. Australia,Pooreetal.(2002)commentingthatthedocumented diversityforthefamilyinAustraliaisstillatabout50%ofthe Typespecies. Pooredocegaryi, sp. nov., heredesignated andby monotypy. expectedtotal. This contribution describes anew genus and new species Diagnosis.Adultmale.Pereonite7narrowerthanpereonite6, from the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, named not extending to lateral body margin. Pleon dorsal surface with pleasure for Gary Poore, colleague and friend, in without process; posterior margin with plate-like extension. 36 N.L. Bruce Pleotelson dorsally flat, posterior margin with two small Penialprocessesentirelyseparate,basallyincontact,short submedian foramens, with hardened boss anteriorto median (notextendingbeyondpleopodpeduncles),tapering smoothly notch, with ventral thickened rim; lateral margins forming frombase,apexbluntlyrounded. dorsally directed ridge. Maxilliped palp articles 2-4 medial Pleopod1raminotoperculate;exopodlamellar,ofsimilar margins extended, forming finger-like lobes. Uropod exopod proportions to exopod, longitudinal axis weakly oblique, reduced, mobile, round in section, inserted near midpoint of mesial margin lamellar, proximomedial heel absent; exopod lateral margin of peduncle-endopod, distally with hard distally subtruncate, margins not serrate. Pleopod2 endopod terminal spike; endopod round in section, distally with hard about as long as exopod; exopod distal margins not deeply terminal spike. serrate;appendixmasculinainsertedbasally,marginscurving weakly to lateral, 1.25 times as long as endopod, distally Description ofmale. Body vaulted, dorsal surfaces granular, bluntly rounded. Pleopod3 exopodtransverse suturepresent; densely setose, unable to conglobate; strongly sexually endopod of similar proportions to exopod. Pleopod 4 rami dimorphic. Head with rostral point present, dorsally visible, without PMS; exopod transverse suture present, thickened separating antennularbases; without paired incisions in front transverseridgesabsent,lateralmarginnotthickened,without ofeyes, lateral margins notlaterally extendedto body outline short simple marginal setae; endopod thickened transverse (antennules more or less ventral). Eyes lateral, posteriorly ridges present, mesial margin without deep distal notch, lobed.Pereonite1 lateralmarginsnotanteriorlyproduced,not without proximomedial lobe. Pleopod 5 exopod transverse laterally enclosing head, anteriorly without ‘keys’; pereonites suture present, entire, thickened transverse ridges absent, 2-or5-7withposteriormarginraised,formingbroadandlow lateral margin without short simple setae, not thickened, 3 transverseridge.Sternite1withoutcuticularmesialextensions. discretescalepatches,scalepatchesformingprotrudinglobes. Pereonite 7 narrower than pereonite 6, coxal margin free. Pleopod 5 endopod with thickened transverse ridges absent, Coxaedistallynarrow,distallyrounded,coxaewithoutventral withproximomediallobe. ‘lockandkey’processesorventralgroove,thoseofpereonite6 Uropod rami not strongly flattened, not forming part of notlarge,notoverlappingthoseofpereonite7.Pleonconsisting continuous body outline; exopod (of adult male) reduced, of4visiblesegments(asdeterminedbylateralsutures);pleonite mobile, exopod round in section, inserted near midpoint of 1 entire,posteriormargineven,aswideasremainderofpleon, lateral margin of peduncle-endopod, distally with acute; extendingtopleonlateralmargins;sutures(exceptfirst)running endopodroundinsection,distallywithhardterminal spike. to lateral margin, all separate, long; pleonal sternite short relative to width; dorsal surface without process; posterior Female. Body surfaces densely setose. Pleonposteriormargin margin with plate-like extension, without ‘keys’. Pleotelson not produced. Pleotelson dorsally domed, posterior margin flat, anteriorly as wide as pleon; posterior margin with two obscurely trilobate, median lobe overriding lateral lobes, small submedian foramens; with hardened boss anterior to ventrally with single simple exit channel. Uropod rami flat, median notch, with ventral thickened rim; lateral margins exopod about halfas long as endopod; appendages otherwise formingridge. similartomale. Antennule peduncle with basal articles medially not in No ovigerousfemales werepresentinthematerial butthe contact, peduncle 1 and 2 robust, article 3 slender; inferior close relationship of this genus to other genera in the marginwithouthard cuticularspines; article 2 approximately Cymodoce-gxoxxp of genera would strongly suggest that the mouthpartswouldbemetamorphosed. 0.5aslongasarticle 1;witharticles2and3 colinear,article3 longerthanarticle2;longerthanpedunculararticle3.Antenna Remarks. Pooredoce gen. nov. can be identified by, in males, peduncle articles less robust than antennule, peduncular the cylindrical uropods, with the exopod smaller than the articlesallofsimilarthickness. endopod,bothramibeingterminallyacute,andthebi-perforate Epistome anteriorly narrow, with median constriction, posterior pleotelson margin, which also has a median boss. elongate. Mandibleincisorwide, multicuspid; laciniamobilis Females have conspicuously setose dorsal surfaces, and that present, tricuspid; molar process gnathal surface with charactertogetherwiththedetailsoftheuropodsandpleotelson transverse ridges, rounded. Maxillule lateral lobe RS with (asfigured) servetoidentifyfemalesintheabsenceofmales. some orall serrate, mesial lobe with4majorRS, these setae Pooredoce is allied to a group of genera within the beingheavilyserrate.Maxillawithsetaeonmiddleandlateral Sphaeromatidae characterised by a trilobate pleotelson lobes serrate. Maxilliped palp articles 2-4 medial margins posterior margin, the maxilliped palp articles 2-5 being extended, forming finger-like lobes, article 2 not expanded; greatly elongate (‘finger-like’), the inferior margins of the enditedistalmargintruncate,withoutclubbedRS. merus-propodus of pereopods 1-3 with conspicuous robust Pereopod 1 ambulatory. Pereopod2 similarinproportion setae,anduropodswithacylindricalinsectionendopodanda topereopod3. Pereopods withinferiormargins ofischiumto small exopod(50% orlessthanthelengthoftheendopod) set carpus not bearing dense setulose fringe; ischium superior aboutmid-lengthonthefusedendopodpeduncle.Thesegenera margin with sinuate acute RS, pereopods 1-3 or 4 ischium in the broadest sense include the Indo-Pacific species of superior margin without long stiff slender setae. Pereopods CymodoceLeach, 1814(seeHarrisonandHoldich1984;Bruce 1-3, inferior margins of merus, carpus and propodus palm 1997, generic remarks), Oxinasphaera Bruce, 1997 and with widely-spaced conspicuous RS along inferior margins. Koremasphaera Bruce, 2003. In Cymodoce the uropodal Dactylusofallpereopodswithsimplesecondaryunguis. exopod is flattened and comparatively larger than the other AnewgenusandnewspeciesofSphaeromatidae(Crustacea: Isopoda)fromtheGreatBarrierReef,Australia 37 generamentioned; inKoremasphaerathetrilobatepleotelson Cephalonanteriormarginwithouttransverseridges. Pereonite is scarcely evident. The Cilicaea-Cilicaeopsis-Paracilicaea 1 about 1.2 times as long as pereonite 2; pereonites 2-6 groupofgenerasharethemaxilliped,pleotelsonandpereopod subequalinlength,pereonite7slightlyshorterthan6. characters but differ conspicuously to the other genera Antennulepedunclearticle1 1.7timesaslongaswide,about mentioned in having the uropodal exopod cylindrical in 2.1 times as long as article 2; article 3 about half as long as sectionandlarge,whiletheendopodisreducedtoasmalllobe article 1,2.8timesaslongaswide, 1.4timesaslongasarticle2; (see figures in, for example, Harrison and Holdich 1984; flagellum 9-articled, about2.9times as long article3.Antenna BenvenutiandMessana2000). peduncle article 1 short, articles 2 and 3 subequal in length, ThepleotelsonposteriormarginofPooredocegen. nov. is article3about0.8timesaslongasarticle4;articles40.7aslong complex,essentiallytrilobate,andconformingtothestructure as article 5; flagellum about 0.8 times as long as peduncle, of ‘two sub-median notches’ or ‘median notch with median extendingtomiddleofmarginofpereonite 1,with9articles. process’. Such a pattern is present in the genera Cymodoce, Epistome anteriorly narrowly rounded, lateral margins Cilicaea, Cilicaeopsis, Paracilicaea (see Harrison and withmedialconstriction;indistincttransverseridgeofnodules Holdich, 1984) and Oxinasphaera Bruce, 1997 (although present. Left mandible incisor with 3 cusps, lacinia mobilis Cilicaeopsislacksalobewithinthemediansinus). Inthenew with 3 cusps, spine row of 3 curved, serrate spines; right genusthepleotelsonlateral ‘lobes’meetatthemidlineandthe mandible incisor with 3 cusps, spine row of 5 broad-based median lobe is posteriorly in contact with the lateral ‘lobes’ distally serrate spines; molarprocess round, crushing surface leaving the sinuses posteriorly closed off and forming two stronglyridged;palparticle 1 1.2aslongasarticle2subequal, holes(figs. 1E-G). article 2 distolateral margin with 4 biserrate setae; article 3 This form of pleotelson, with the submedian sinuses with 8 biserrate setae, terminal setabeing longest. Maxillule posteriorly closed off, is notunique, occurring inthe species mesiallobewith2long,stronglyCP,2longfringedand2short Cilicaea caniculata (Thomson, 1879) (see Hurley andJansen simpleRS;lateral lobewith 10broad-based, serrateRS and 1 1977). A pleotelson morphology approachingthat ofthe new curved, slender RS on gnathal surface, twelfth prominently genus can be seen in some Paracilicaea Stebbing, 1910 such pectinate seta set between these. Maxilla lateral lobe and as P. stebbingiBaker, 1926 (see Harrison andHoldich 1984), middle lobe with 6 and 7 curved, pectinate RS respectively, P.mirabilisBenvenutiandMessana,2000andalsoinCilicaea mesial lobe with about 14 serrate and biserrate RS, proximal calcariferaHarrisonandHoldich,1984,butinallthesespecies setalongest.Maxillipedenditelateralmarginstronglyconvex, the submediannotchesareposteriorlyopen.These generaare distal margin sub-truncate, with 8 sinuate CP RS, 1 blunt characterized by, among other characters, a uropod exopod simple RS at sublateral angle, distomesial margin with 2 CP thatisroundinsectionandtheendopodreducedtoastub. RSandsinglecouplinghook;palparticles2-5withabout8,8, Pooredoce has one presumed derived or apomorphic 10and 12terminal setaerespectively. characterthat is shared only with Oxinasphaera, that ofthe Pereopod 1 without setulose fringe on inferior margins; uropodshavingacylindricaluropodalendopodandanexopod basisabout2.7timesaslongas greatestwidth,approximately thatis abouthalfthelengthoftheendopodandcylindrical or 2.3 aslongaspropodus;ischium0.6timesaslongasbasis, 1.8 semi-cylindricalinshape;eachramusistippedwithahardened times as long as greatest width, superior margin with 2, ‘spike’.Koremasphaerais similar,buttheuropodal exopodis sinuate, acute RS; merus about 0.5 times as long as ischium, large, aboutas long asthe endopod. Oxinasphaera is defined about 1.2timesaslongas greatestwidth,superiordistalangle bytheuniqueapomorphyofhardenedspikesontheantennule with 2 acute RS, inferiormargin with3 bluntRS distal-most peduncle;thepresentgenuslacksthese,butdoeshaveaunique being longest; carpus 0.8 times as long as wide, inferior anddefiningpleonandpleotelsonmorphology. marginwith2RS, onebluntone acute;propodus 1.7times as longas greatestwidth,0.7aslongasischium,inferiormargin Pooredocegaryisp.nov. with3 RS,3 submarginal setae; dactylus0.8times as long as propodus,inferiormarginwithfew simple scales.Pereopod2 Figures 1-4 basis 2.7 times as long as greatest width, inferodistal angle Materialexamined.Holotype,S(4.1mm).NorthPoint,LizardIsland, withsinglelongsimpleseta;ischium0.8timesaslongasbasis, 14.64553°S, 145.45335°E, 12 April 2008, from dead coral heads, 2.5 times as long as greatest width, superior margin with 2 1.0-1.5m, CReefs stnCGLI20A,coll. N.L. Bruce, CReefs (MTQ- acuteRS, distal inferiormarginwith2 shortacuteRS;merus QMW30539). 0.5aslongasischium,superiordistalanglewith2RS,inferior Paratypes,S(3.0mm,immature),$(non-ovig.3.2,3.0,2.9mm), marginwith2bluntRS;carpus0.7aslongasmerus, 1.2times juveniles(2.7, 2.5, 2.4, 2.4, 2.3 mm), samedataasholotype(MTQ- aslong aswide, anterodistal anglewith 1 RS,inferiormargin QM W30540). with 2 blunt RS;propodus 0.6 times as long as ischium, 2.3 Additionalmaterial.S(3.3mm),?(non-ovig.2.9mm),manca(1.9 timesaslongaswide,superiordistalanglewith~4longsimple mm),HicksReef, 14.44803°S, 145.49920°E,21 February2009,outer seta and 1 sensory seta, inferior margin 1 acute RS and 2 croelelf.,Nd.eaBdrcuocreal&heMa.dsBloanzereweifczed-gPea,sz5k.0o-w7y.c0z.m,(CMRTeeQf-sQstMnLW3I1Z20691-)1.6E, submarginal setae; dactylus 0.6 as long as propodus, inferior margindistallywithscales.Pereopod3similartopereopod2. Descriptionofmale. Body 1.8times aslongas greatestwidth, Pereopods5-7similar. Pereopod7basis3.2times aslongas lateralmargins subparallel,widestatpereonites3-6;posterior greatest width, inferodistal angle with 1 long simple seta; dorsal raised transverse ridges surfaces granular, setose. ischium0.9timesaslongasbasis,3.2timesaslongasgreatest 38 N.L. Bruce Figure 1. Pooredocegaryisp. nov.A-Hholotype,remainder?3.3 mmparatype.A,lateral view; B, dorsal view; C, epistome; D,pleonand pleotelson,posteriorview;E,pleotelson,dorsalview;F,pleotelson,ventralview;G,pleotelsonsinuses,ventralview;H,uropod;I,female,dorsal view;J,pleonandpleotelson,lateralview;K,pleotelson,ventralview;L,femalepleotelsonsinus,posteriorview. AnewgenusandnewspeciesofSphaeromatidae(Crustacea: Isopoda)fromtheGreatBarrierReef,Australia 39 Figure2.Pooredocegaryisp.nov.A,Bholotype,remainderS3.0mmparatype.A,antennule;B,antenna;C,leftmandible;D,rightmandible incisor;E,maxillule;F,maxilla;G.maxilliped;H,maxillamesiallobe. width, superior margin with 4 sinuate, acute RS; merus 0.4 exopod subequal in length, endopod 1.4 times as long as timesaslongasischium,superiordistalanglewith2acuteRS, greatest width, distal margin narrowly rounded. Pleopod 2 inferiormarginwith4RS(3acute,proximalRSblunt);carpus exopod and endopod with c. 32 and 22 PMS respectively; 0.8 times as long as merus, anterodistal margin with 5 acute appendixmasculine8.7times aslongasbasalwidth, apically serrate and biserrate RS, inferior distal angle with 4 RS, narrowlyrounded. Pleopod3 exopodandendopodwithc. 27 inferior margin with 1 RS; propodus 0.6 times as long as and 9 PMS respectively; exopod transverse suture entire. ischium,2.9timesaslongaswide,inferiormarginwith2RS, Pleopod 4 exopod lateral margin proximally with 4 evenly superior distal angle with 1 palmate seta and 3 simple setae; spaced fine simple setae; endopod with single distal seta. dactylus0.5aslongaspropodus. Pleopod5endopoddistalmargintruncate. Penes mutually adjacent, lateral margin distally convex, Uropod(insitu) exopodabout0.5as long as endopod,3.1 mesial marginweakly sinuate; approximately3 times as long times as long as greatest width, extending to endopod apex, asbasalwidth. marginsconvergingto acute,finelybifidapex; endopodabout Pleopod 1 exopod and endopod with c. 32 and 20 PMS 2.8 as long wide, curving medially, apex acute, curving respectively, exopodproximolateral RS present; endopod and dorsally;bothwithfinenodules andheavilysetose. 40 N.L. Bruce Figure 3. Pooredocegaryi sp. nov. Holotype. A-C, pereopods 1, 2 and 7 respectively; D, propodus and dactylus, pereopod 1; E, RS from inferodistalmarginofcarpus,pereopod7. Female.Noovigerousfemalespresent.Uropodendopod2.8as lateral notches. Females of Oxinasphaera lack a distinct long as wide, posteriorly truncate; exopod 0.6 as long as pleotelsonnotch. endopod, 2.6 as long as wide, apically bifid, lateral side of Distribution. Northern Great Barrier Reef; on exposed reef apical division largest. Non-ovigerous females otherwise edgesfrommid-shelfatLizardIsland andthe outerreeffront characterizedbythegenericcharacters. atHicksReef,intertidaltoatleast7m. Size. Adult males 3.3-4.1 mm; adult females 2.9-3.2 mm; juveniles23-2.1mm. Acknowledgements Remarks. Males can be identified by the generic characters, Material fromLizard Islandwas collectedunderthe auspices principally the unique pleotelson morphology in conjunction ofthe CReefs project organised by theAustralian Institute of withtheuropods.Thefemales arerathersimilartofemales of Marine Science (AIMS). The CReefs Australia Project is several other genera, notably Cilicaea and Paracilicaea, and generouslysponsoredbyBHPBillitoninpartnershipwithThe are best identified by the very setose dorsal surfaces, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, the Australian Institute of pleotelsonposteriormarginmediannotchappearingsomewhat MarineScienceandtheAlfredP. SloanFoundation; CReefsis truncate and dorsal part being produced and overriding the a field program ofthe Census of Marine Life. I thank Julian AnewgenusandnewspeciesofSphaeromatidae(Crustacea: Isopoda)fromtheGreatBarrierReef,Australia 41 Figure4.Pooredocegaryisp.nov.HolotypeexceptE,S3.0mmparatype.A-E,pleopods 1-5respectively;F,penes. 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