Illustrated type catalogue of marine Isopoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Brazil
In: Nauplius. Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia: Rio Grande, RS. ISSN 0104-6497; e-ISSN 2358-2936, meer
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Crustacea [WoRMS]; Pseudione serejoae Brito, Cardoso & Boyko, 2018 [WoRMS]; Robustura parvula (Albuquerque, 1978) [WoRMS]
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- Serejo, C.S.
- Fernandes, A.C.S.
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The Crustacea Collection of the Museu Nacional/UFRJ is one of the most relevant and representative of the Brazilian crustacean fauna. Currently, it comprises around 31,000 registered lots, of which 5,435 lots belong to the order Isopoda. This paper provides an illustrated catalog of two topotype species and 34 type species of marine isopods deposited at the Crustacea Collection of Museu Nacional/UFRJ, distributed in 22 genera, 12 families and six suborders. This collection is represented by 27 lots of holotypes, 81 lots of paratypes (15 named as allotypes), and two topotypes, published mainly by authors such as Alceu Lemos de Castro and Idalina Brasil-Lima, former researchers of Museu Nacional in the 20th century. The two topotypes species were included in the catalog as they came from the same collection event as the holotype and have been historically kept as type material within the museum collection. In general, the type materials are in good condition, however, the holotype of Robustura parvula (Albuquerque, 1978) and all type material of Pseudione serejoae Brito, Cardoso and Boyko, 2018 have been lost and await the designation of neotypes. Furthermore, this catalog is part of a larger project, in an effort to improve the curation and digitization of the museum´s type collection data. By photographing the specimens and digitizing the collection specimens´ labels, we expect to improve internal management and offer free access to the data, so as to preserve and promote the museum´s collections, which guard important and unique information on world biodiversity. |
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