A new genus and new species of Agathotanaidae (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) from West Australia | Zendy

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A new genus and new species of Agathotanaidae (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) from West Australia

Author(s) -

Piotr Jóźwiak,

Aleksandra Jakiel

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

zookeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1313-2989

pISSN - 1313-2970

DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.243.3408

Subject(s) - seta , genus , crustacean , zoology , biology , ecology , geography

A new genus of Tanaidacea - Bunburia,collected from the region of Ningaloo in the vicinity of Bunbury (Western Australia), is erected to accommodate the new species - Bunburia primasp. n. This genus is classified in the family Agathotanaidae and it can be distinguished from the other members of the family by having a combination of antennulae covered with minute setae, reduced uropods and unusual setation of the propodus of pereopods 4 to 6. Bunburia prima is the second species of Agathotanaidae known so far from Australia.

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