Tasmanida, Ahyong, Shane T., 2007

Ahyong, Shane T., 2007, Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae, Zootaxa 1593, pp. 1-54 : 43

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.178624

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C0E7421D-4ED4-49AD-B41F-DA3C108F1E1D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5030671

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0395878E-FFAF-6A79-FF47-FA19FBEB57A5

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Plazi

scientific name

Tasmanida
status

gen. nov.

Tasmanida View in CoL gen. nov.

Diagnosis. Carapace with distinct transverse striae; with epigastric and postcervical spines; with prominent median gastric process; cardiac region unarmed. Rostral spine stout, longer than supraocular spines; orbit deeply concave; anterolateral spines stout; branchial and anterior postcervical marginal spines present. Abdominal tergites with transverse striae; tergites 2–4 with spines. Telson subdivision complete. Sternite 4 with broad, straight, anteromedian margin, contiguous with posterior margin of sternite 3. Ocular peduncle dorsoventrally flattened; cornea dilated. Basal antennular segment with distomesial and 2 distolateral spines. Antennal basal segment with long mesial spine. Maxilliped 3 merus slightly exceeding twice as long as high. Pereopod 2–4 dactyli with row of small, movable flexor spines. Pereopod 5 propodus with brush of simple setae on flexor surface.

Etymology. An arbitrary combination of Tasman and the Latin suffix - ida. Gender feminine.

Type species. Tasmanida norfolkae gen. et sp. nov., by present designation.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Munididae

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