First report of Teleotanaidae Crustacea: Tanaidacea from the Northwestern Pacific, with the description of a new species

KAKUI Keiichi

Department of Biological Sciences

Sep. 27, 2019

Press release (in Japanese)

Abstract
We describe Teleotanais madara sp. nov. from the surfaces of mangrove roots on mudflats at Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan. This is the first record of any teleotanaid species from the northwestern Pacific. Teleotanais madara resembles T. gerlachi and T. gerlachi sensu Sieg (1976), but differs in having a mid-inner simple seta on…..

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Article information:
Yuki Tanabe and Keiichi Kakui, First report of Teleotanaidae Crustacea: Tanaidacea from the Northwestern Pacific, with the description of a new species. Species Diversity, September 25, 2019.
DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.24.181