Abstract
This is a first inventory of Isopoda Anthuroidea from near-shore marine sites in Sulawesi. The material was collected from reefs, sea-grass beds and mangroves of the Minahasa Peninsula in North Sulawesi. Specimens were washed out from benthos samples collected in shallow water. The new species Hyssura reptans sp. nov., Kupellonura indonesica sp. nov., Kupellonura macaroni sp. nov., Pendanthura bangkaensis sp. nov., Expanathura marcoi sp. nov., and Colanthura gerungi sp. nov. are described. We discovered that in Colanthura the mandible is fused to the cephalothorax, a unique feature among isopods. Expanathura collaris (Kensley, 1979) is described from Bangka Island and several differences between other Indo-Pacific populations are discussed.
Highlights
During field trips to Bangka Island with students from the University Sam Ratulangi (UNSRAT) in Manado (Sulawesi), we started to separate invertebrates for the UNSRAT collection
This is a first inventory of Isopoda Anthuroidea from near-shore marine sites in Sulawesi
We present here a first species found in coral reefs
Summary
During field trips to Bangka Island with students from the University Sam Ratulangi (UNSRAT) in Manado (Sulawesi), we started to separate invertebrates for the UNSRAT collection. Samples of near-shore benthos in coral reef and mangrove areas contained a large number of small crustaceans, among them several isopod species. Since the Indonesian fauna is poorly studied, we expect to see in the future many descriptions of new species from this region of the Coral Triangle. We focus here on Anthuroidea Leach, 1914. The remaining material has to be studied in the coming years
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