Oahutanais makalii

Oahutanais makalii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paratanaoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Tanaidacea Subordo: Tanaidomorpha Superfamilia: Paratanaoidea

Familia: Colletteidae
Genus: Oahutanais
Species: Oahutanais makalii

Name

Oahutanais makalii Morales-Núñez, Larsen & Cooke, 2016

ZooBank: 934BF56A-4CE7-40FE-B1DC-1F93E8EDD24B

Holotype: Adult ♀, length 0.9 mm, (USNM 1283305).

Type locality: BPOBS Station (Stn) HB4-R1 (21° 16’47.7’’N – 158° 01’38.1’’W), depth 62 m, substrata: “predominantly fine and medium sand”, coll. by City and County of Honolulu Oceanographic Team, March 2013.

Paratypes: Four ♀♀ (USNM 1283306); four ♀♀ (GCRL 06534); and six ♀♀ (BPBM 2015.097; four on SEM stubs and two in alcohol), SIOBS Stn D3A (21° 16’55.3’’N – 157° 53’49.9’’W), depth 49 m, substrata “primarily coarse sediment including shell fragments”, coll. by City and County of Honolulu Oceanographic Team, October 2014.

Etymology: from makali’i, Hawaiian for tiny, referring both to where the material used was collected and to its small size relative to other tanaidaceans within this benthic community.

References

• Morales-Núñez, A.G., Larsen, K., Cooke, W.J. 2016. Oahutanais makalii, a new genus and species of colletteid tanaidacean (Crustacea, Peracarida) from shelf-waters off Hawaii, with a taxonomic key. Zoosystematics and evolution. 92(1): 1-12. DOI: 10.3897/zse.92.5581 Reference page. 

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Oahutanais makalii Morales-Núñez, Larsen & Cooke, 2016. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867877 on 2020-06-21

• BHL bibliography
• Oahutanais makalii – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Oahutanais makalii.
• ION

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