Atemtanais taikaha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paratanaoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Tanaidacea Subordo: Tanaidomorpha Superfamilia: Paratanaoidea

Familia: Paratanaidae
Subfamilia: Paratanaidinae
Genus: Atemtanais
Species: Atemtanais taikaha

Name

• Atemtanais taikaha Bird, 2011
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: ovigerous female
    • Repository: MONZ CR.21782
  • Type locality: 'Ruby’s Reef, Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand, among shallow (4–12 m) sublittoral epifauna (bryozoans, hydroids and sponges) and green alga Caulerpa; ca. 42°23.92’S 173°41.66’E'
  • ZooBank: FBCAD4B8-3AB1-4F72-AAAD-44F45403DFCF

Primary references

• Bird, G.J. 2011: Paratanaoidean tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) from littoral and shallow sublittoral habitats in New Zealand, with descriptions of three new genera and seven new species. Zootaxa 2891: 1–62. Preview Reference page. 

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