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Issue: Vol. 4093 No. 2: 22 Mar. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.2.6
Page range: 248–260
Abstract views: 692
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New data on the Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Canary Islands, with a description of a new species of Apseudopsis

Departamento de Biologia & CESAM (Center of Environmental and Marine Studies). Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro Portugal.
Centro de Investigaciones Medioambientales del Atlántico (CIMA S.L.). Av. Los Majuelos, 115, 38107. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Canary Islands, Spain.
Centro de Investigaciones Medioambientales del Atlántico (CIMA S.L.). Av. Los Majuelos, 115, 38107. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Canary Islands, Spain.
Crustacea Atlantic Ocean Macaronesian Region El Hierro Tenerife distribution cheliped merus Apseudopsis identification key

Abstract

Benthic samples from two harbours at El Hierro and Tenerife (Canary Islands) yielded three species of Tanaidacea. Tanais dulongii and Leptochelia savignyi are recorded for the first time in Tenerife and El Hierro, respectively. A new species of Apseudomorpha, Apseudopsis rogi, was collected in both harbours and can be differentiated from other species of the genus by the male having a cheliped merus with a distinctive, cylindrical dorso-proximal spur. This is the first species of Apseudopsis described for the Macaronesian region. A key to the Atlantic and Mediterranean species of Apseudopsis is provided.

 

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