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Robustochelia robusta Kudinova-Pasternak 1970

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Robustochelia robusta ( Kudinova-Pasternak, 1970)

Leptognathia robusta Kudinova-Pasternak, 1970: 365 –366, fig. 16. Kudinova-Pasternak, 1977: 125. Tanaissus robustus: Kudinova-Pasternak, 1975: 223.

Robustochelia robusta: Kudinova-Pasternak, 1983: 1171. JóŸwiak & B³a¿ewicz-Paszkowycz, 2007: 27–31, figs 4–6.

Remarks. The genus Robustochelia was placed in the subfamily Akanthophoreinae by Sieg (1986a) but was subsequently removed to the incertae cedis category by Larsen & Wilson (2002). A generic diagnosis was also given by Larsen (2005), with four known species. A very recent paper by Jóżwiak, & BłaŻewicz-Paszkowyc (2007) has updated the taxonomy, redescribed the type species R. robusta, added a further new species and removed R. solida Larsen (2005) from the genus. The cheliped and pereopod morphology, and shape of the mandibular molar (and other mouthparts) suggest a close relationship with Leptognathioides (see above) and Monstrotanais Kudinova-Pasternak.

The species Robustochelia robusta was originally described from material collected from the Kurile- Kamchatka Trench at 4945–5240 metres (Kudinova-Pasternak 1970), but has not been recorded in the present study. It is also reported from the more southerly Izu-Ogasawara Trench, 6770–6850m (Kudinova-Pasternak 1977) and doubtfully from the south Atlantic, at 2600 metres (Kudinova-Pasternak 1975).

Notes

Published as part of Bird, Graham J, 2007, Family incertae cedis *, pp. 121-149 in Zootaxa 1599 on page 147, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.178710

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Biodiversity

Genus
Robustochelia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Tanaidacea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Kudinova-Pasternak
Species
robusta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Robustochelia robusta Kudinova-Pasternak, 1970 sec. Bird, 2007

References

  • Kudinova-Pasternak, R. K. (1970) Tanaidacea of the Kurile-Kamchatka Trench. Trudy Instituta Okeanologji, Akademija Nauk SSSR, 86, 341 - 381.
  • Kudinova-Pasternak, R. K. (1977) Tanaidacea (Crustacea, Malacostraca) from the deep sea trenches of the western part of the Pacific. Trudy Instituta Okeanologji, Akademija Nauk SSSR, 108, 115 - 135.
  • Kudinova-Pasternak, R. K. (1975) Tanaidacea (Crustacea, Malacostraca) from the Atlantic sector of the Antarctic and Subantarctic. Trudy Instituta Okeanologji, Akademija Nauk SSSR, 103, 194 - 229.
  • Kudinova-Pasternak, R. K. (1983) The abyssal Tanaidacea (Crustacea) of Iberian and West-European hollows of the Atlantic Ocean. Zooloogeskij Zhurnal, 62, 1170 - 1176.
  • Sieg, J. (1986 a) Tanaidacea (Crustacea) von der Antarktis und Subantarktis. II. Tanaidacea gessamelt von Dr. J. W. Wagele wahrend der deutschen Antarktis Expedition, 1983. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum der Universitat Kiel, II (4), 1 - 80.
  • Larsen, K. & Wilson, G. D. F. (2002) Tanaidacean phylogeny, the first step: the Superfamily Paratanoidea. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 40, 1 - 19.
  • Larsen, K. (2005) Deep-sea Tanaidacea (Peracarida) from the Gulf of Mexico. Crustaceana Monographs, 5, 381 pp.