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Published: 2004-03-12
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New species of Tanaella Norman and Stebbing, 1886 (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Tanaellidae) from the deep-sea off the Antarctic and the Angola Basin, with a key to the genus

Zoological Institute and Museum Hamburg, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
Department of Polar Biology and Oceanobiology, University of Ł\dï, Banacha 12/16, Ł\dï 90-237, Poland
Crustacea Tanaidacea Tanaella Angola Basin Antarctic deep-sea

Abstract

Three new deep-sea species in the genus Tanaella are described: two from the Antarctic (T. eltaninae sp. nov., T. kimi sp. nov.) and one from the Angola Basin (T. profunda sp. nov.). This is the first record of Tanaella in the deep-sea of the Antarctic and the southern Atlantic Ocean. A key to the 13 known species of the genus is provided.

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