New species of Tanaella Norman and Stebbing, 1886 (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Tanaellidae) from the deep-sea off the Antarctic and the Angola Basin, with a key to the genus

Three new deep-sea species in the genus Tanaella are described: two from the Antarctic (T. eltaninae sp. nov., T. kimi sp. nov.) and one from the Angola Basin (T. profunda sp. nov.). This is the first record of Tanaella in the deep-sea of the Antarctic and the southern Atlantic Ocean. A key to the 1...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: GUERRERO-KOMMRITZ, JÜRGEN, BLAZEWICZ-PASZKOWYCZ, MAGDALENA
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2004
Subjects:
Crustacea
Tanaidacea
Tanaella
Angola Basin
Antarctic
deep-sea
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.459.1.1
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Summary:Three new deep-sea species in the genus Tanaella are described: two from the Antarctic (T. eltaninae sp. nov., T. kimi sp. nov.) and one from the Angola Basin (T. profunda sp. nov.). This is the first record of Tanaella in the deep-sea of the Antarctic and the southern Atlantic Ocean. A key to the 13 known species of the genus is provided.

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