Microcerberus magnus Albuquerque, 1978

Fernandes, Cristiana S. Serejo Agatha C. S., 2025, Illustrated type catalogue of marine Isopoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Museu Nacional / UFRJ, Brazil, Nauplius (e 20250535) 33, pp. 1-39 : 24-25

Microcerberus magnus Albuquerque, 1978

( Fig. 17B )

Microcerberus magnus Albuquerque, 1978: 201 , figs. 5–8. — Albuquerque, 1998: 625.

Coxicerberus magnus — Wägele et al., 1995: 743.

Type material. Holotype: male, 0.9 mm, MNRJ

6244. Paratypes: 5 males, 5 females; 1 male, USU .

Typelocality. Macumba Beach, coarse sand, 50 cm depth, RJ, Brazil.

Geographic distribution. Brazil: Vermelha, Barra da Tijuca, Recreio dos Bandeirantes and Macumba beaches ( RJ) ( Albuquerque, 1978; Albuquerque and Genofre, 1999).

Habitat. Interstitial, littoral in intertidal zone, on beaches with medium to coarse size sand ( Albuquerque, 1998).

Current systematic position. Robustura magnus

( Albuquerque, 1978).

Remarks. See Remarks of Microcerberus brasiliensis for current generic status. Paratypes are deposited in the Department of Animal Biology of Santa Ursula University ( USU), without voucher numbers.

Figures

Figure 17. Robustura brasiliensis (Albuquerque, 1978): A, holotype, male, 0.9 mm, MNRJ 6247. Robustura magnus (Albuquerque, 1978): B, holotype, male, 0.8 mm, MNRJ 6244. Robustura ramosae (Albuquerque, 1978): C, holotype, male, 0.8 mm, MNRJ 6245.