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A new family, genus and species of apseudomorphan Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Caribbean Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

Kim Larsen*
Affiliation:
CIIMAR (Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental), LMCEE (Laboratory of Marine Community Ecology and Evolution), Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
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Correspondence should be addressed to: K. Larsen, CIIMAR (Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental), LMCEE (Laboratory of Marine Community Ecology and Evolution), Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal email: tanaids@hotmail.com

Abstract

A new family, of apseudomorphan Tanaidacea, Sphaeromapseudidae, is discovered and described from the Caribbean Sea. Sphaeromapseudidae is tentatively placed between the Metapseudidae and Tanzanapseudidae. A new genus Sphaeromapseudes and species, S. plumosetosa, associated with intertidal coral rubble, are described.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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