Tanaella unguicillata Norman and Stebbing, 1886

Larsen, Kim & Heard, Richard, 2004, Revision of the tanaidomorphan deep-sea genus Tanaella (Crustacea: Tanaidacea), Journal of Natural History 38 (5), pp. 549-579 : 571

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/0022293021000036505

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5259816

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3A0387BF-FF8B-860D-FE0D-FC88FC35FA19

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Felipe

scientific name

Tanaella unguicillata Norman and Stebbing, 1886
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Tanaella unguicillata Norman and Stebbing, 1886 View in CoL

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Material examined. X holotype, Porcupine Stn 35. 49°7∞N, 10°57∞W, 175.5 m. One badly damaged X, Ingolf Stn 69, 62°40∞N, 22°17∞W, 1109 m. Two X, one manca, BIOICE Stn 587, sample 2475, 63°04.20∞N, 21°34.90∞W, 842 m. Two W, BIOICE Stn 559, sample 2403, 63°02.90∞N, 21°49.60∞W, 838 m. One X, SMBA Stn ES18, 56°44∞N, 9°20∞W, 1271 m . Two mancas, SMBA Stn ES 112, 55°12∞N, 15°50∞W, 900 m. Two mancas, SMBA Stn SBC 64, 56°38∞N, 9°29∞W, 1400 m . One X, SMBA Stn ES6, 55°03∞N, 12°20∞W, 2900 m . Two X, three mancas, SMBA Stn ES10, 56°39∞N, 11°04∞W, 2540 m .

Diagnosis female. Antennule article 2 half the length of article 1. Cheliped fixed finger with pronounced serration. Cheliped dactylus with large process. Maxilliped endites with process. Pleopods absent. Uropods shorter than pleotelson. Pleotelson acorn-shaped and long (as long as combined length of four pleonites).

Diagnosis, male. Antennule article 2 longer than half as long as article 1. Cheliped fixed finger with pronounced serration. Cheliped dactylus with large process. Pleopods present on all five pleonites, armed with simple setae. Uropods shorter than pleotelson. Pleotelson acorn-shaped and long (as long as combined length of four pleonites).

Synonymy. Leptognathia unguicillata Lang, 1968 .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Tanaidacea

Family

Tanaellidae

Genus

Tanaella

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