Robustochelia longa Kudinova-Pasternak, 1983

Wiak, Piotr Jó Ż & Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena, 2007, New records of two rare genera, Monstrotanais Kudinova-Pasternak, 1981 and Robustochelia Kudinova-Pasternak, 1983 (Tanaidacea: Crustacea), Zootaxa 1505, pp. 19-35 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.177166
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6241029
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scientific name	Robustochelia longa Kudinova-Pasternak, 1983
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Diagnosis: Pereonites 2–6 as long as wide. Pleon as long as combined length of pereonites 5 and 6. Pereopods 1–3 propodus setae shorter than dactylus. Pereopods 4–6 propodus elongated (over 4 times as long as wide).

Material examined: Holotype female, length 4.4 mm, Mc 1005, Iberian Plate, Sta 7940, 41º13'N – 14º45'W, depth 5310–5370 m.

Distribution: Species known only from type locality.

Remarks: Studied holotype was in very poor condition. It consists only of the last two pereonites and pleon and lacks pereopods and uropods.

References

Kudinova-Pasternak, R. K. (1983) The abyssal Tanaidacea (Crustacea) of the Iberian and west-european hollows of the Atlantic Ocean. Zoologicheskij Zhurnal, 62, 1170 - 1176.