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Issue: Vol. 282 No. 1: 2 Sept. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-09-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.282.1.1
Page range: 1–14
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 4

Portaratrum, a new genus of deep-sea Tanaidacea (Crustacea) with description of two new species

Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, D- 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Crustacea Tanaidacea new genus deep sea Portaratrum n. gen. Leptognathia abyssal plains Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Angola Basin taxonomy

Abstract

A new genus, Portaratrum n. gen. and two new species, one from the Atlantic Ocean and one from the Pacific Ocean are described. The new genus is characterized by a downwardly directed pleonal spur, cheliped basis fused to the cephalothorax, biramous uropods, pars molaris blunt with several terminal spinules. At present the genus is assigned to the family Colletteidae. Both species were collected from depths exceeding 4000 m.

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