title: Two new species of Asellota (Crustacea, Isopoda) from coral reefs on Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan.
abstract: Pleurocope iriomotensis sp. n. and Prethura tuberculata sp. n. are described from Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan. These are the first records of Pleurocope from the Pacific and of Prethura from the Asian Pacific coast. Pleurocope iriomotensis differs from its congeners in having lateral spine-like processes on pereonite 4 and coxal plates of pereonite 7. Prethura tuberculata can be distinguished from its single congener in having a lateral short projection of protopod of pleopod 2.
authors.affiliation: Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Kitakyushu 805-0071, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: Michitaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimomura
authors.affiliation: Tropical Biosphere Research Center, Iriomote Station, University of the Ryukyus, 870, Uehara, Taketomi, Okinawa 907-1541, Japan.
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naruse
keywords: Isopoda; Japan; Pleurocope; Pleurocopidae; Prethura; Santiidae