A new Caribbean species of the giant isopod genus Bathynomus (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) with notes on its evolutionary history
The new species Bathynomus tuebingoborikensis sp. nov., discovered in an historic museum collection, is described. We provide preliminary phylogenetic analyses of the genus, including extant and fossil species, using morphological characters. We reconstruct the evolutionary origin of the genus in the Caribbean, and sug...