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Issue: Vol. 330 No. 1: 21 Oct. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.330.1.1
Page range: 1–15
Abstract views: 46
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Agathotanaididae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from the Angola Basin

Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Crustacea Tanaidacea Agathotanaididae Agathotanais Metagathotanais Paragathotanais Paranarthrura Angola Basin deep sea

Abstract

The family Agathotanaididae Lang, 1971 has a worldwide distribution, with only three species known from the Angola Basin: Paranarthrura insignis Hansen, 1913, Paranarthrura intermedia Kudinova-Pasternak, 1982 and Paranarthura angolensis Guerrero-Kommritz, Schmidt & Brandt, 2002. Furthermore, three additional species are reported from the region: one each of Agathotanais, Metagathotanais and Paragathotanais. Agathotanaididae is represented by four of its five genera in this area.

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