Paratanais tara

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: Paratanais
Species: Paratanais tara

Name

• Paratanais tara Bird, 2011
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: neuter/non-ovigerous female
    • Repository: MONZ CR.21772
  • Type locality: 'Lower eulittoral rocky-shore adjacent to Aquatic Centre, New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand; specifically, ca. 39° 03´ 16´´S 174° 03´ 47´´E (sourced from Google Earth)'
  • ZooBank: 39C26625-8CEE-476E-90ED-740231881C7C

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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