Gnathia Arabica, N.s. First Record of a Gnathiid from the Arabian Sea, and New Records of Isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Pakistan in Collections of the Smithsonian Institution

Résumé du livre

A new species of Gnatbia, G. arabica, is described from Gujarat, India and from off Somalia, representing the first record of a gnathiid isopod from the Arabian Sea. It is distinguished from the other members of the genus (over 100 species) by details of the cephalon and mandible of the male. Three marine isopods (Motbocya karobran Bruce, Aporobopyrus ryukyuensis Shiino, Aporobopyrina lamellata Shiino) and a terrestrial oniscidean (Hemilepistus klugii [Brandt]) are reported as new records for Pakistan. The specimens are part of the Crustacea collection in the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution.