Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Tanaidacea > Suborder Tanaidomorpha > Superfamily Paratanaoidea > Family Agathotanaidae

Metagathotanais Bird & Holdich, 1988

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Metagathotanais insulcatus Bird & Holdich, 1988

Literature

original description

Bird, G.J., & Holdich, D.M. (1988). Deep-sea Tanaidacea (Crustacea) of the North-east Atlantic: the tribe Agathotanaini. Journal of Natural History. 22 (6): 1591-1621.

basis of record

Bird, G.J. (2001). Tanaidacea. In: Costello, M.J., C.S. Emblow, & R. White (eds.), European Register of Marine Species. A Check-List of the Marine Species in Europe and a Bibliography of Guides to Their Identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 310-315.

additional source

Anderson, G. (2016). Tanaidacea-- Thirty Years of Scholarship. (Vers. 2.0, Dec., 2016).

taxonomy source

Larsen, K., & Wilson, G.D.F. (2002). Tanaidacean phylogeny, the first step: the superfamily Paratanaidoidea. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 40 (4): 205-222.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Metagathotanais Bird & Holdich, 1988. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136223

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2014-10-27 by Gary Anderson

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