Paratanaoidean tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) from littoral and shallow sublittoral habitats in New Zealand, with descriptions of three new genera and seven new species

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Author: BIRD, GRAHAM J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2011
• Subjects: Crustacea; Tanaidacea; Paratanaoidea; Leptocheliidae; Paratanaidae; Tanaellidae; Atemtanais; Araphura; Kanikipa; Parakonarus; Paratanais; Tanaopsis; littoral; taxonomy; Mana BioBlitz; New Zealand; Snares Islands
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2891.1.1; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2891.1.1

Three new genera and seven new species of paratanaoidean tanaidaceans are described from a variety of littoral and shallow sublittoral habitats around New Zealand, from the Snares Islands to Northland. These include a new leptocheliid genus, Parakonarus, closely allied to Konarus Bamber, and three paratanaids: two species of Paratanais Dana and a new genus, Atemtanais, which appears to show characters intermediate between Metatanais Shiino and Paratanais. The remaining three taxa belong either to the Tanaellidae (a new species of Araphura Bird & Holdich) or are of incertae sedis family status: Kanikipa n. gen. and a new species of Tanaopsis G.O. Sars.This study has almost doubled the known, published records of shallow-water tanaidomorphan species in New Zealand and all of the species are likely to be recorded more widely than the records here imply.