A re-evaluation of the genus Tanaissus (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) in British and adjacent waters

The nototanaid genus Tanaissus is shown to include two species in British and west European waters, T. danica and T. lilljeborgi , the first being originally described as Leptochelia danica . The shapes of the female cheliped, pleon and mandibular molar process offer diagnostic taxonomic characters...

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Published in:Sarsia 2002-07, Vol.87 (2), p.152-166
Main Author: Bird, Graham John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atlantic Margin
Benthos
Marine
Tanaidacea
Tanaissus
Tanaissus danica
Tanaissus lilljeborgi
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Summary:The nototanaid genus Tanaissus is shown to include two species in British and west European waters, T. danica and T. lilljeborgi , the first being originally described as Leptochelia danica . The shapes of the female cheliped, pleon and mandibular molar process offer diagnostic taxonomic characters for identification, and the habitus of males is very different in these two species. Previous records of T. lilljeborgi from Britain are largely divisible into the northern/sublittoral T. danica and the southern/intertidal T. lilljeborgi , while the Shetland species T. elongatus is synonymized with T. danica .
ISSN:0036-4827
1503-1128
DOI:10.1080/003648202320205238