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Metagathotanais Bird & Holdich 1988

Description

Genus Metagathotanais Bird & Holdich, 1988

Diagnosis: (modified after Bird & Holdich 1988) cephalothorax shorter than pereonites 1 and 2 together. Pleonites and pleotelson apparently fused in female, with normal segmentation in preparatory and adult males. Antennule composed of four articles. Antenna composed of six articles, articles 2 and 3 each with one short superior seta. Pars molaris reduced. Lacinia mobilis of left mandible small and spiniform or reduced. Maxillule endite with eight or nine terminal spines. Maxilliped basis and endites together oval or heartshaped. Epignath without terminal spine. Pereopods relatively small in relation to body size. Pereopods 1 to 3 usually with one short spine and a short seta on propodus. Ischium of pereopods 4 to 6 usually with seta. Uropod basis and endopod fused and without exopod.

Type species: Metagathotanais insulcatus Bird & Holdich, 1988

Other

Published as part of Guerrero-Kommritz, Jürgen, 2003, Agathotanaididae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from the Angola Basin, pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 330 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156207

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Agathotanaidae
Genus
Metagathotanais
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Tanaidacea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Bird & Holdich
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Metagathotanais Bird, 1988 sec. Guerrero-Kommritz, 2003

References

  • Bird, G. J. & Holdich, D. M. (1988) Deep-sea Tanaidacea (Crustacea) of the north-east Atlantic: the tribe Agathotanaini. Journal of Natural History, 22, 1591 - 1621.