The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea)

Figure 63. Aegiochus kakai sp. nov. Male paratype 4.5 mm, NIWA 23864. A–E, pereopods , 2, 6 and 7 respectively.
with ~60 PMS. Exopods of pleopods –3 each with
distolateral margin not digitate; endopods of pleopods
3–5 each with distolateral point; pleopods 2–4 peduncle
distolateral margin with prominent acute RS.
Uropod peduncle ventrolateral margin with 2 RS
(and lateral), posterior lobe about one-half as long
as endopod. Endopod apically sub-bifid, mesial process
prominent, lateral margin straight, without prominent
excision, proximal lateral margin with RS, distal lateral
margin with 2 RS, mesial margin weakly convex,
with 7 RS. Exopod extending beyond end of endopod
2
(slightly), 3.5 times as long as greatest width, apically
sub-bifid, mesial process prominent; lateral margin
convex, with RS; mesial margin straight, distally
convex, with 4 RS.
femaLe: Ovigerous females have the BL .8 times as
long as the greatest width, with ovate lateral margins;
otherwise similar in appearance to males other than for
the sexual characters. Brood pouch of oostegites arising
from the coxae/sternite of pereopods –5.