Caecidotea camaxtli (Isopoda: Asellidae) a new species from the Tlaxcala valley, Mexico.

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Departamento de Zoología de Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Av. Universidad s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 66451 San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México. Licenciatura en Ciencia Forense, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de la Investigación Científica, Ciudad Universitaria, 04351. Ciudad de México..

Published: July 2019

A new freshwater isopod, Caecidotea camaxtli sp. nov. (Isopoda, Asellidae) is described from Mexico. The new species can be distinguished from all other species of Caecidotea by the presence of cuticular scales on the caudal process, as well as a short and simple cannula in the apex of the endopodite of pleopod II. [Zoobank URL: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:082CF870-ABC3-4E25-B5F2-8CA59359C2B0].

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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4624.3.6DOI Listing

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