Mislabeling and nomenclatorial confusion of Typhlotanais sandersi Kudinova-Pasternak, 1985 (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) and establishment of a new genus

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Marta Gellert, Ferran Palero, Magdalena Błażewicz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2022
• Subjects: Peracarida; North Atlantic; Deep-sea; Northwest Pacific; Medicine; R; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Meteor Seamount; Pacific
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14272; https://doaj.org/article/c469ff895f6c4117b9405897735f375e

Re-examination of historical collections allowed us to resolve the taxonomic status of Typhlotanais sandersi Kudinova-Pasternak, 1985, originally described based on a single specimen from Great-Meteor Seamount. The holotype of this species was considered lost and the species redescribed based on a s...