A new genus and new species of Agathotanaidae (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) from West Australia

By

Jozwiak, Piotr
Jakiel, Aleksandra

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

243

Pages

15-26

Subjects

Agathotanaidae , Bunburia , NW Australia , Tanaidacea

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.243.3408

 

Abstract

A new genus of Tanaidacea – Bunburia, collected from the region of Ningaloo in the vicinity of Bunbury (Western Australia), is erected to accommodate the new species – B. prima sp. n. This genus is classified in the family Agathotanaidae and it can be distinguished from the other members of the family bya combination of antennulae covered with minute setae, reduced uropods and unusual setation of the propodus of pereopods 4 to 6. B. prima is the second species of Agathotanaidae known so far from Australia.