Paratyphlotanais Kudinova-Pasternak & Pasternak, 1978

Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena, 2007, Figure 6. Typhlotanais Compactus, Female A In Family Nototanaidae Sieg, 1976 And Typhlotanaidae Sieg, 1984, Zootaxa 1598, pp. 1-141 : 19

Genus: Paratyphlotanais Kudinova-Pasternak & Pasternak, 1978

Paratyphlotanais: Sieg (1986a) 45: 73–74; Sieg (1986b) 2: 76; Larsen (2005) 5: 201, 203, 208, 261, 302; Bird (2004a) 38: 1359–1363, 1374, 1381.

Paratyphlotandis: Guṭu & Sieg (1999): 365, lapsus calami

Diagnosis (modified after Bird, 2004a): Cephalothorax longer than broad, distinctly conical; rostrum usually prominent. At least pereonites 1–2 with sternal spurs. Antennule article-3 nearly as long as article-1; article-3 with terminal spur. Antennal articles 2 and 3 with dorsal spiniform seta. Mandible with broad molar. Cheliped without side piece. Pereopods 2 and 3 with one meral and three serrate carpal setae. Pereopods 4–6 walking type; merus with two serrate setae; carpus with three (or four) serrate setae; dactylus and unguis unfused, unguis bifurcated. Pleopods with proximal seta on endopod and exopod separated from remainder by gap. Uropods slender, endopod two-articled, distal article much shorter than proximal, exopod one or two-articled.

Male: Terminal or swimming males unknown. See Bird (2004a) for ‘preparatory’ males (perhaps the mature male form).

Gender of generic name: Masculine.

Type species: Paratyphlotanais typicus Kudinova-Pasternak & Pasternak, 1978 .

Species included: P. armatus (Vanhffen, 1914) ; P. gracilipes ( Hansen, 1913) ; P. japonicus (Kudinova- Pasternak, 1984); P. mananensis ( Wallace, 1919) ; P. microcheles (G.O. Sars, 1882) ; P. pectinatus Bird, 2004 ; P. richardi ( Dollfus, 1897) ; Paratyphlotanais typicus Kudinova-Pasternak & Pasternak, 1978 ; Paratyphlotanais alveolus n. sp.

Remarks: Paratyphlotanais has been revised by Bird (2004a). He assigned to the genus eight species and noted the similarity of T. mananensis to the genus. My observations on the ANDEEP material, as well Hansen’s, Kudinova-Pasternak’s, Sars’s and Dolffus’ type specimens confirm that the characters chosen by Bird define well this monophyletic genus.