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New West Atlantic Localities for the Stygobiont Paranthurid Curassanthura (Crustacea, Isopoda, Anthuridea) with Description of C. Bermudensis n. sp.

Johann Wolfgang Wägele, Angelika Brandt

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A third species of the hypogean genus Curassanthura Kensley, 1981 (Isopoda, Anthuridea, Paranthuridae) is described from a cave on Bermuda. C. bermudensis n. sp. is very similar to C. halma Kensley, 1981, hitherto known from Curaçao, and now also recorded from new localities on Bonaire.

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A third species of the hypogean genus Curassanthura Kensley, 1981 (Isopoda, Anthuridea, Paranthuridae) is described from a cave on Bermuda. C. bermudensis n. sp. is very similar to C. halma Kensley, 1981, hitherto known from Curaçao, and now also recorded from new localities on Bonaire.

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A third species of the hypogean genus Curassanthura Kensley, 1981 (Isopoda, Anthuridea, Paranthuridae) is described from a cave on Bermuda. C. bermudensis n. sp. is very similar to C. halma Kensley, 1981, hitherto known from Curaçao, and now also recorded from new localities on Bonaire.

Key concepts: Isopoda, Crustacean, Cave, Genus, Ecology, Geography, Biology, Zoology

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