The Shallow-water Tanaidacea (Arthropoda: Malacostraca: Peracarida) of the Bass Strait, Victoria, Australia (other than the Tanaidae)
Author
Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, M.
Author
Bamber, R. N.
text
Memoirs of Museum Victoria
2012
69
1
235
journal article
1447-2554
F060EED2-88C1-4A9A-92A7-6C06905F307B
Family
Tanaellidae
Larsen & Wilson, 2002
Remarks
. The family
Tanaellidae
was erected to include four genera,
Araphura
Bird & Holdich, 1984
;
Araphuroides
Sieg, 1986
(a);
Arthrura
Kudinova-Pasternak, 1966
, and
Tanaella
Norman & Stebbing, 1886
.
In particular,
Araphuroides
was split from
Araphura
by Sieg (1096a) for two species,
Araphura brevispina
Bird & Holdich, 1984
and
Araphuroides parabreviremis
Sieg, 1986
. Features distinguishing these two genera have been discussed subsequently and inconsistently (e.g.
Sieg & Dojiri, 1989
;
Larsen, 2005
;
Larsen et al., 2009
). The tanaellid taxa described herein confound this issue further, and their generic attribution is discussed below after their description.