Tanaopsis rawhitia

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

Genus: Tanaopsis
Species: Tanaopsis rawhitia

Name

• Tanaopsis rawhitia Bird, 2011
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: neuter/non-ovigerous female
    • Repository: MONZ CR.21785
  • Type locality: 'Armer’s Bay, Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand, low intertidal muddy sand and red-algal turf'
  • ZooBank: ABF80602-07ED-43F6-937A-A5652DFDAC1B

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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