Tanaidae Dana, 1849
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1836.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5127358 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/676CB04D-FF96-FFFD-FF32-F95DFF5B36C1 |
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Felipe |
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Tanaidae Dana, 1849 |
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Family Tanaidae Dana, 1849
Diagnosis. Eyes present, with dark visual elements. Pleon with 3–5 pleonites and small pleotelson. Maxilliped unfused medially, with coxae. Epignath kidney-shaped. Pereopods lacking ischium. Pereopods 4–6 with claw, formed from fused dactylus and terminal spine, bearing lateral rows of spinous setae. Three pairs of pleopods at most. Uropods uniramous. Sexual dimorphism primarily affecting antennae and cheliped. Females with only one pair of sac-like oostegites, arising from coxae of pereopod 4.
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