Species ID
OC-SP-0002610
Discovered
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species ID
OC-SP-0002610
Provisional Species Name
Serolina sp_MoV7417
Lowest Valid Taxon Name in WoRMS
Heteroserolis
Lowest Known Rank
Genus
Status
Discovered
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Embargo
No
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Serolidae
Genus
Heteroserolis
Date Identified
12/11/2025
Taxonomic Remarks
Article 2 of the antennula has a posterior distal lobe, not seen in other species of Serolina. Serolina MoV7417 is also characterised by almost the complete absence of dorsal ornamentation on the head apart from a pair of obscure tranverse ridges. The most similar in this regard is S. granularia where the head ornamentation is more obvious, the pereonites and pleotelson have sublateral tubercles and the uropod endopod is broader. Another similar species is S. kawina but coxal dorsal plate 6 overlaps epimera 2 and 3 in this species.Interim diagnosis. Female 1.29 times as long as wide. Head without posterior lobe; middorsal crests scarcely visible in lateral view; pereonites 1–6 without sublateral ridges or tubercles, pereonites without submedial tubercles along posterior margins. Coxal dorsal plate margins contiguous; 6 narrow and acute, overlapping pleonal epimeron 2, disrupting continuity of lateral margin. Pleonal epimera 2 and 3 broad, with acute apex, separate from coxal plate margins. Pleotelson 1 times as long as wide, without dorsolateral ridges. Uropodal exopod scarcely shorter than endopod, apex truncate.
Received All Minimal Data for Discovery
01/04/2026
Description of Material
The species is known from a single female 6.1 mm long.
Ecology
Like all members of this family, Serolidae, the species is benthic living on the surface of the sediment.
Distribution
Australia, Western Australia. IMCRA Northwest Shelf Province; 84 m depth (known only from type locality).
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