Species ID
OC-SP-0002613
Discovered
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species ID
OC-SP-0002613
Provisional Species Name
Serolina sp_MoV7421
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
Serolina MoV7421 resembles S. holia Poore, 1987 in having an anterior pair and posterior triplet of tubercles on the head. It differs in having transverse rows of tubercles on the pereonites, more numerous on the ovigerous female, and more posterior projection of coxal dorsal plate 6, especially in the female. Interim diagnosis. Female 1.2 times as long as wide; male 1.13 times as long as wide. Head posterior margin with small median tubercle and pair of larger tubercles, pair of small tubercles between anterior margin of eyes; middorsal crests scarcely visible in lateral view; pereonites 1–6 with sublateral tubercle, pereonites 1–6 with submedial tubercles along posterior margins on female only. Coxal dorsal plate margins contiguous; 6 broad and obtuse, overlapping pleonal epimeron 2. 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 much shorter than endopod, apex rounded.
Received All Minimal Data for Discovery
01/04/2026
Description of Material
The species is known from three individuals. Maximum lengths of the male is 3.9 mm, and of the ovigerous female, 4.9 mm.
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; 9–15 m depth.
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