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Tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida) fauna from chemically reduced habitats—the lucky strike hydrothermal vent system, mid-atlantic ridge

Invertebrate Department, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen,Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Ø, Denmark
Institute for Polar Biology and Oceanobiology, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, Lodz 90 237, Poland
Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Crustacea Tanaidacea Hydrothermal vents Lucky Strike vent field Mid-Atlantic Ridge Armaturatanais Leptognathiella Mesotanais Obesutanais Typhlotanais

Abstract

The tanaidacean fauna from the hydrothermal vents in the Lucky Strike Field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is examined. The material reveals species belonging to the genera Agathotanais, Apseudes, Leviapseudes, Sphyrapus, Armaturatanais, Leptognathiella, Mesotanais, Pseudotanais and Typhlotanais. One new typhlotanaid genus, Obesutanais, and five new species, Armaturatanais atlanticus, Obesutanais sigridae, Mesotanais styxis, Leptognathiella fragilis, and Typhlotanais incognitus, are described.

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