TY - JOUR N2 - A new thambematid species, Thambema thunderstruckae sp. n., is described from King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic. Specimens of the new species were collected during two Polish Antarctic Expeditions in 1985 and 2007. It is the first record of this family from the Southern Hemisphere. The new species most closely resembles Thambema golanachum Harrison, 1987 and T. fiatum Harrison, 1987 but can be distinguished from both species by the shape of male pleopod 1, the number of claws on pereopods 2–7 and the setation of pereopod 1 and 2 carpus, respectively. A key to all known genera and species in the family Thambematidae is also provided. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/99520/PDF/10183_Volume33_Issue2_03_paper.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/99520 PY - 2012 IS - No 2 EP - 179 DO - 10.2478/v10183−012−0008−1 KW - Antarctic KW - King George Island KW - Admiralty Bay KW - janiroid isopods A1 - Zemko, Karol A1 - Kaiser, Stefanie PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research DA - 2012 T1 - Thambema thunderstruckae sp. n., the first record of Thambematidae (Isopoda: Asellota) from the Southern Hemisphere shelf SP - 163 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/99520 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -