Published December 31, 2004 | Version v1
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Synanarthrura Bird, 2004, gen. nov.

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Description

Synanarthrura gen. nov.

Anarthruropsis: Holdich & Bird, 1985: 443, table 1.

Anarthrura: Holdich & Bird, 1989: tables III, IV and appendices as taxon ‘25’.

Type species. Synanarthrura celtica sp. nov., by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Anarthrurid with normal pleon. Labrum laterally compressed. Mandible with acuminate molar process. Maxillule endite with five unequal terminal setae. Maxilliped endite conical, with finely setose margin, without distal setae; palp article­3 with three inner setae. Cheliped propodus with lateral fold; fixed finger with one ventral seta. Pereopods 1–3 coxa with seta. Carpus of pereopods 4–6 with three complex spiniform setae and one thin seta. Pleopods present. Uropod exopod with three long distal setae.

Etymology. Genus group name Anarthrura with prefix from Greek syn meaning ‘with’ or ‘together’.

Remarks. It is tempting to include this taxon with Anisopechys but the different habitus, as well as the characters given under the ‘Remarks’ on the previous genus, support its separate identity from that genus, Siphonolabrum and Anarthruropsis.

Notes

Published as part of Bird, Graham, 2004, Tanaidacea (Crustacea) of the Northeast Atlantic: non­filiform species of Anarthruridae Lang from the Atlantic Margin, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 471 on page 37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157876

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Anarthruridae
Genus
Synanarthrura
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Tanaidacea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Synanarthrura Bird, 2004

References

  • Holdich, D. M. & Bird, G. J. (1989) The systematics, distribution and habitat preferences of sublittoral and bathybenthic Tanaidacea in the North-east Atlantic, unpublished report to Natural Environment Research Council, GR 3 / 4983 A; 1989.