Paragathotanais nanus Bird & Holdich 1988 ...

• Main Author: Bird, Graham J
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Tanaidacea; Agathotanaidae; Paragathotanais; Paragathotanais nanus; Denmark Strait; Iceland; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6205816; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6205816

Paragathotanais nanus Bird & Holdich, 1988 Figs 2 A–D Bird & Holdich (1988): 1612–1613, figs 2c, 10–11. Guerrero-Kommritz (2003): 3. Larsen (2006): 108, 118. Identification reference. Bird & Holdich (1988). Distribution records from the AFEN, BIOFAR & BIOICE surveys. Recorded from four AFEN samples, from the Ymir Ridge, Wyville-Thomson Ridge, and North Rockall Trough, at depths 797–1886 m; four BIOFAR stations, from the Iceland-Faroe Rise and Iceland Basin, at depths 430–1038 m; 47 BIOICE stations, from the Denmark Strait, Iceland Basin, Irminger Basin, and Reykjanes Ridge, at depths 230–2082 m. The highest count was 145 specimens from BIOICE sample 2268, Irminger Basin, at 450 m. Distribution elsewhere. From North Feni Ridge to the South Biscay Slope, 1160–2227 m (Bird & Holdich 1988). Remarks. With regard to pereonite shape (Fig. 2 A), this new material of Paragathotanais nanus shows this character to be more variable than described and illustrated in Bird & Holdich (1988) and some ... : Published as part of Bird, Graham J, 2010, Tanaidacea (Crustacea, Peracarida) of the North-east Atlantic: the Agathotanaidae of the AFEN, BIOFAR and BIOICE projects, with a description of a new species of Paragathotanais Lang, pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 2730 on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.200143 ...