Pseudotanais (Pseudotanais) affinis Hansen, 1887

Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena & Bamber, Roger N., 2011, Tanaidomorph Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Mud-Volcano and Seep Sites on the Norwegian Margin, Zootaxa 3061, pp. 1-35 : 3

Pseudotanais (Pseudotanais) affinis Hansen, 1887

Pseudotanais (P.) affinis Bird & Holdich 1989a , 241–246, figs 1B, D, 3–5.

Material examined. 1Ƥ with oostegites (MNHN-IU- 2010-2796), Vicking, PL272-2, ASPI 5, G11 Nyegga, 64°39.998ʹN 005°17.347ʹE, 736 m, 25/05/2006; 1Ƥ, 2 mancae (MNHN-IU- 2010-2797), 1 female dissected on 3 slides (MNHN-IU- 2010-2798), Vicking, PL277-7, ASPI 8, PP-V16 HMMV, 72°00.336ʹN 14°42.746ʹE, 1263 m, 06/06/2006; 2ƤƤ, 2 subadult 33, 2 manca (MNHN-IU- 2010-2799), Vicking, PL277-7, ASPI 2, PP-V16 HMMV, 72°00.336ʹN 14°42.741ʹE, 1264 m, 06/06/2006; 1 manca (MNHN-IU-2010-2800), Vicking, PL277-7, ASPI 8, PP- V16 HMMV, 72°00.336ʹN 14°42.746ʹE, 1263 m, 06/06/2006; 1Ƥ with ooste gites, 1 manca (MNHN-IU- 2010- 2801), Vicking, PL277-7, ASPI 6, PP-V14 HMMV, 72°00.335ʹN 14°42.746ʹE, 1263 m, 06/06/2006; 1 Ƥ (MNHN- IU- 2010-2802), Vicking, PL277-7, CL7, PP-V16 HMMV, 72°00.335ʹN 14°42.758ʹE, 1261 m, 06/06/2006; 1 specimen (MNHN-IU- 2010-2803); 1 Ƥ (MNHN-IU- 2010-2804), 1 3 dissected on 2 slides (MNHN-IU- 2010-2805), Vicking, PL277-7, CL8, PP-V16 HMMV, 72°00.335ʹN 14°42.757ʹE, 1262 m, 06/06/2006.

Remarks. The Pseudotanais affinis -group of species was discussed by Bird & Holdich (1989a), who demonstrated that P. affinis sensu stricto is a cold-water species, recorded from off North Greenland, the Kara Sea, Davis Strait, the Norwegian Sea and the Faeroe-Shetland Channel, at depths between 40 and 2970 m. The present records add nothing to that distribution.