Family MIRANDOTANAIDAE Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2009

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Introduction

The Mirandotanaidae has two genera. One genus Pooreotanais, is known from Australia and is represented by two species.

Diagnosis

Mature adults with strongly-inflated posterior pereonites and pleon (“abdomen”) comprising half or more of the body length. Eye lobes prominent, eyes absent. Antennule of four articles, antenna of six articles. Labrum naked or with minute setules; mandible poorly calcified, with reduced pars molaris; labium naked; maxillule palp articles fused, with two distal setae; maxilliped basis fused medially. Cheliped basis attached by distinct triangular sclerite; dactylus strongly curved. Pereopods 1 to 3 with a separate coxa, merus naked, carpus and propodus with sparse setae only (no spines); pereopods 4 to 6 coxa not distinct, merus, carpus and propodus with slender spines; dactylus and unguis not fused, unguis of pereopods 4 to 6 distally bifurcate. Pleopods absent in female, biramous with simple, mainly distal, setae, in male. Uropods short, compact, exopod of one segment, endopod of two segments (after Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber 2009)

Diagnosis References

Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, M. & Bamber, R.N. 2009. A new genus of a new Austral family of paratanaoid tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea), with two new species. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66: 5-15 [6]

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