Two New Species of Tridentella Richardson, 1905 (Isopoda: Flabellifera: Tridentellidae) from California, With a Rediagnosis and Comments on the Family, and a Key to the Genera of Tridentellidae and Corallanidae

Abstract

Two new species of the marine isopod genus Tridentella Richardson, 1905, are described from California. The monogeneric family Tridentellidae Bruce, 1984, is rediagnosed and a comparison to the original diagnosis is presented. A list of the ten described species of Tridentellidae is given, with synonymies and general distributional information. Notes on the ecology and biogeography of the family are presented, as well as a key to the genera of the closely related families Tridentellidae and Corallanidae.