Paraleptognathia gracilis Guerrero-Kommritz 2004, new combination

• Main Author: Guerrero-Kommritz, Jürgen
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Tanaidacea; Akanthophoreidae; Paraleptognathia; Paraleptognathia gracilis; Greenland; Mellemfjord; Norway; Sabine Island; East Greenland; Iceland
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5247915; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5247915

Paraleptognathia gracilis (Krøyer, 1842) new combination (Figs 9, 10) Synonymy: Akanthophoreus gracilis Sieg, 1986 Tanais gracilis Krøyer, 1842 Tanais islandicus G. O. Sars,1877 Leptognathia Sarsii Hansen, 1913 Leptognathia Sarsii Hansen, 1909 For complete synonymy see Lang (1957) and Sieg (1983) Material examined: 1964 individuals. ZMH K­40584­ ZMH K­40587 RV ”Porsild” Mellemfjord 1998, 499 individuals, ZMH K­40588­ ZMH K­40599 RV ”Porsild” Mellemfjord 1999, 1033 females, 279 juvenile males, two adult males. ZMUC CRU 3945 East Iceland, Breidals Vig, 6 fm (11 m) 8.06.1900, 24 females, four juvenile males, ZMUC CRU 3946 North Iceland, RV ”Ingolf” St. 126, 67° 19´N 15° 52´W, 293 fm (536 m), three females, one juvenile male, two neuters, ZMUC CRU 3947 Norway, 1898 of Sars, nine females, four juvenile males, ZMUC CRU 3948 Faroe, Bordoy Island, Klaksvig, 15 fm (27 m), 5.1.1899, 54 males, eight females, ZMUC CRU 3949 North Iceland, RV ”Ingolf” St. 128, 66° 30´N 20° 02´W, 194 fm (106 m), one female, ZMUC CRU 3950 North Iceland, RV ”Ingolf” St. 124, 67° 40´N 15° 40´W, 495 fm (905 m), three females, one juvenile male, ZMUC CRU 3951 East Iceland, Bakkefjord (Bakkafloi), RV ”Diana”, 6 fm (11 m), eight females, ZMUC CRU 3952 East Greenland, Steward Land, 70° 0´N, 158 fm (289 m), two females, ZMUC CRU 3653 East Iceland, Seydis Fjord, 6 fm (11 m), five females, ZMUC CRU 3954 Greenland, Angmagsalik, 65° 51´N, 19.6.1902, two females, one juvenile male, one neuter, ZMUC CRU 3955 Greenland, Cap Dalton, 69° 24.6´N 23° 30´W, 9–11 fm (16–20 m), two females, two juvenile males, ZMUC CRU 3956 Greenland, Turner Sound, 69° 44´N, 3 fm (5 m), II Amdrup Exp., one female, ZMUC CRU 3957 Greenland, Glasfor, one juvenile male, ZMUC CRU 3958 East Greenland, Sabine Island, 74°3´N 19° 45´W, 3–5 fm (5–9 m), Daffliste Exp., 12.9.1900, eleven females, one juvenile male. (ZMUC CRU 3946 to 3958 were indentified previously as L. Sarsii). Diagnosis: cheliped carpal shield medium to small or absent, dactylus with crenulation. Description: non­ovigerous ...