New records of two rare genera, Monstrotanais Kudinova-Pasternak, 1981 and Robustochelia Kudinova-Pasternak, 1983 (Tanaidacea: Crustacea)
Author
Wiak, Piotr Jó Ż
Author
Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena
text
Zootaxa
2007
1505
19
35
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.177166
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177166
Robustochelia angusticephala
Kudinova-Pasternak, 1986
(
Fig. 4
B)
Diagnosis:
Pereonites 2–6 wider than long. Pleon shorter than pereonites 5 and 6 combined. Pereopods 1–3 propodus setae shorter than dactylus. Pereopods 4–6 propodus compact (about 2.5 times as long as wide).
Material examined:
Holotype
female, length
3.7 mm
, Mh-9,
Safari
1, CP 16,
24º23.0’S
–
58º 21.0’E
, depth
4890–5043 m
, trawl.
Distribution:
Species known only from
type
locality: Indian Ocean, South of
Mauritius
.
Remarks:
The
holotype
was in very poor condition. It consists of only two pereonites (probably 4 and 5) and one pair of pereopods (probably pereopod-4,
Fig. 4
B).