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A Remarkable Tubicolous Tanaid (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) From the Rockall Trough

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

G. J. Bird  and
D. M. Holdich
G. J. Bird
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD
D. M. Holdich
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD
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On examining a sample of tanaids from the bathybenthos of the Rockall Trough, part of an extensive collection made by the Scottish Marine Biological Association (S.M.B.A), some very thin translucent tubes were noted. In these could be discerned several tanaids, one of which was extremely elongate. These proved to belong to a new genus, the adults of which were even more filiform than Filitanais moskalevi Kudinova-Pasternak, 1973. Scrutiny by the authors of other Rockall Trough samples has resulted in more adult specimens of this remarkable new tanaid being obtained. In this paper it is diagnosed and described, together with a discussion of its biology.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , August 1985 , pp. 563 - 572
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1985

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