New records of two rare genera, Monstrotanais Kudinova-Pasternak, 1981 and Robustochelia Kudinova-Pasternak, 1983 (Tanaidacea: Crustacea)

Two new species of two rare genera, Monstrotanais ingens n. sp. and Robustochelia virilis n. sp., have been described from the material collected during cruises of r/v Eltanin. The type species of Robustochelia, R. robusta (Kudinova-Pasternak, 1970) has been redescribed based on the well preserved h...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: JÓÓWIAK, PIOTR, BŁAŻEWICZ-PASZKOWYCZ, MAGDALENA
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2007
Subjects:
Crustacea
Tanaidacea
Tanaidomorpha
Monstrotanais
Robustognathia
abyssal
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1505.1.2
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1505.1.2
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Summary:Two new species of two rare genera, Monstrotanais ingens n. sp. and Robustochelia virilis n. sp., have been described from the material collected during cruises of r/v Eltanin. The type species of Robustochelia, R. robusta (Kudinova-Pasternak, 1970) has been redescribed based on the well preserved holotype. Diagnoses of the two genera have been amended and key for Robustochelia species has been proposed. Currently two species are assigned to Monstrotanais and four to Robustochelia. Robustochelia solida Larsen, 2005 is now excluded from the genus and possibility of establishing a new genus for the species is considered.

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