Abstract
This study is the first to report on interstitial species of the genus Neonesidea: Neonesidea arenalocus sp. nov. from the Pacific coast of central Japan, Neonesidea alyamanai sp. nov. from the Pacific coast of south-western Japan, and Neonesidea alwakasaensis sp. nov. from the Sea of Japan coast of western Japan. All three species share a smaller carapace size than that of the epiphytic Neonesidea species; in particular, the carapace width and valve thickness are significantly less. Furthermore, the terminal claws on the walking legs are more linear than those of the epiphytic Neonesidea species. However, these three new species share a feature in the apical portion of the terminal claw on the males second antennae and asymmetric brush-shaped organs, which are common to this genus. In addition, the results of our field survey indicate that all three new species occur in coarse-grained sediments (coarse sand to pebbles) in the upper infralittoral zone, particularly on Miho-Masaki Beach, which contains an optimum zone for N. arenalocus sp. nov.
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