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Species ID
OC-SP-0002606
Discovered
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species ID
OC-SP-0002606
Provisional Species Name
Serolina sp_MoV7413
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 MoV7413 is notable for the exceptionly long tapered pleotelson, 0.38 (female), 0.35 (male) times as long as total body length and 1.2 times as long as wide. All other species of Serolina have a pleotelson wider than long. The uropodal exopod is little more than half as long as the endopod. Interim diagnosis. Female 1.5 times as long as wide; male 1.23 times as long as wide. Head with medial lobe only; middorsal crests visible in lateral view; pereonites 2–6 with sublateral tubercles, pereonites without submedial tubercles along posterior margins. Coxal dorsal plate margins contiguous; 6 broad and obtuse, not reaching apex of pleonal epimeron 2, scarcely disrupting continuity of lateral margin. Pleonal epimera 2 and 3 broad, with acute apex, continuing coxal plates 1–6 series. Pleotelson 1.2 times as long as wide, without dorsolateral ridges. Uropodal exopod much shorter than endopod, apex crenellate.
Received All Minimal Data for Discovery
01/04/2026
Description of Material
The species is known 396 individuals from the Northwest Shelf of Australia. Maximum lengths of males is 7.5 mm, and of ovigerous females, 8.2 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; 37–88 m depth.
Specimens
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NMV J77111
Family
Serolidae
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NMV J77112
Family
Serolidae
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NMV J77113
Family
Serolidae
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NMV J77114
Family
Serolidae
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NMV J77115
Family
Serolidae
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NMV J77116
Family
Serolidae
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NMV J77093
Family
Serolidae
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NMV J77094
Family
Serolidae
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NMV J77097
Family
Serolidae
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NMV J77098
Family
Serolidae
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