Paratanais waltsikorai sp. nov. is described from specimens collected from shallow-water habitats in Bermuda. It represents the second species of the tanaidacean genus to be named from the northwest Atlantic. It is distinguished from the other species of Paratanais by a combination of characters, including the distinctive shape and setation of antennal articles 2 and 3.
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30 October 2015
Paratanais waltsikorai, a New Tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidomorpha: Paratanaidae) from Bermuda
Andrés G. Morales-Núñez,
Richard W. Heard
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Bermuda
new species
Northwest Atlantic
Paratanais
Tanaidomorpha