| Abstract |
A new genus and species of janiroidean Asellota, Xenosella coxospinosa, is described from the
mid-bathyal slope off the coast of south-eastern Australia. Following a comparison of the new species
to several families of broadly similar body shape, with emphasis on monotypic Pleurocopidae,
a new family, Xenosellidae, is proposed for the new species. In the course of comparing relevant
taxa, the current placements of Prethura Kensley in the Santiidae and Salvatiella Müller in the
Munnidae are rejected. The two genera are considered to be incertae sedis within the Asellota
superfamily Janiroidea pending further studies.
Key words. Isopoda, Asellota, Xenosellidae, Xenosella, eastern Australia |
Just, J. (2005) Xenosellidae, a new family of Janiroidea (Asellota: Isopoda: Crustacea), for Xenosella coxospinosa gen. nov., sp. nov., from the marine bathyal of eastern Australia. Zootaxa 1085: 21–32. 