Nurshazwan J, Ahmad-Zaki A B, Azman B A R
Department of Earth Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia..
Zootaxa. 2020 Jun 24;4802(3):zootaxa.4802.3.7. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4802.3.7.
The first representative of the genus Cerapus in Malaysian waters, Cerapus bumbumiensis sp. nov. is described from specimens sampled from Pulau Bum Bum, Sabah (east Malaysia). The main identifying characteristics of this new amphipod species are: pereonites 1, 2 with constriction; male gnathopod 2 carpochelate, carpus large with long defining posterior tooth and well-developed anterodistal tooth; pereopod 6 coxa with fine hair/fringe setae ventrally; and telson with deep cleft. An updated identification key for the 23 known species in the genus is also presented.
马来西亚海域Cerapus属的首个代表物种——新种邦邦岛Cerapus bumbumiensis，是根据从马来西亚东部沙巴州邦邦岛采集的标本描述的。这种新的端足目物种的主要识别特征是：第1、2胸节具缢缩；雄体第2颚足具腕螯，腕节大，具长的界定后齿和发达的前远端齿；第6步足基节腹面有细毛/缘毛刚毛；尾节有深裂。文中还给出了该属23个已知物种的最新鉴定检索表。
