Paratanais waltsikorai , a New Tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidomorpha: Paratanaidae) From Bermuda

Paratanais waltsikorai sp. nov. is described from specimens collected from shallow-water habitats in Bermuda. It represents the second species of the tanaidacean genus to be named from the northwest Atlantic. It is distinguished from the other species of Paratanais by a combination of characters, in...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History
Main Authors: Morales-Núñez, Andrés G., Heard, Richard W.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: The Aquila Digital Community 2015
Subjects:
Bermuda
New species
Northwest atlantic
Paratanais
Tanaidomorpha
Life Sciences
Marine Biology
Northwest Atlantic
Online Access:https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/18781
https://doi.org/10.3374/014.056.0205
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Summary:Paratanais waltsikorai sp. nov. is described from specimens collected from shallow-water habitats in Bermuda. It represents the second species of the tanaidacean genus to be named from the northwest Atlantic. It is distinguished from the other species of Paratanais by a combination of characters, including the distinctive shape and setation of antennal articles 2 and 3.

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