JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH | VOLUME 17 | NUMBER 10 | PAGES 1939-1950 | 1995
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Two new species of Siriella (CrustaceaMysidacea) from the southwest coast of Australia
National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre Cochin-682 018, India
Received on February 3, 1995; accepted on June 9, 1995 Two new species of Siriella, S.australiensis sp. nov. and S.spinula sp. nov., are described here. Siriella australiensis is distinguished by the character of the third and fourth pleopods of the male. Siriella spinula is characterized by the short frontal spine of the labrum and the short linguiform telson showing sexual dimorphism.