Tanaella ochracea Hansen, 1913

Larsen, Kim & Heard, Richard, 2004, Revision of the tanaidomorphan deep-sea genus Tanaella (Crustacea: Tanaidacea), Journal of Natural History 38 (5), pp. 549-579 : 559-561

Tanaella ochracea Hansen, 1913

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Material examined. W holotype (badly damaged, no head), Ingolf Stn 38, 59°12∞N, 51°05∞W, 3521 m. One W, two mancas, SMBA Stn SBC 66, 56°39∞N, 9°23∞W, 1200 m . Three X, SMBA Stn ES129, 54°39∞N, 12°17∞W, 2900 m . Two X, one W, one manca, SMBA Stn ES118, 54°39∞N, 12°14∞W, 2010 m . One X, one W, SMBA Stn ES59, 54°40∞N, 12°20∞W, 2900 m . One manca, SMBA Stn ES 56(s57), 54°40∞N, 12°16∞W, 2886 m . Three X, one W, SMBA Stn ES56(s54), 54°40∞N, 12°16∞W, 2886 m . One X, SMBA Stn ES34, 56°36∞N, 11°30∞W, 2515 m . One X, SMBA Stn ES27, 54°40∞N, 12°16∞W, 2880 m . One X, three mancas, SMBA Stn ES135, 54°39∞N, 12°16∞W, 2900 m . One X, SMBA Stn ES164, 54°37∞N, 12°22∞W, 2925 m . One gender indet (pleon missing), two mancas, SMBA Stn ES 152, 54°42∞N, 12°20∞W, 2900 m . One X, SMBA Stn ES147, 54°36∞N, 12°19∞W, 2921 m . Ten X, four W, SMBA Stn ES143, 54°41∞N, 12°41∞W, 2892 m . One W, one manca, SMBA Stn ES140, 54°40∞N, 12°16∞W, 2912 m . One juvenile W (with incompletely developed pleopods), SMBA Stn ES 137, 54°34∞N, 12°19∞W, 2900 m . One X, one W, one manca, SMBA Stn ES204, 54°40∞N, 12°20∞W, 2904 m . One X, one manca, SMBA Stn ES185, 54°44∞N, 12°15∞W, 2907 m . One X, one W, two mancas, SMBA Stn ES172, 54°39∞N, 12°17∞W, 2910 m . One X, one W, one manca, SMBA Stn ES180, 54°42∞N, 12°11.5∞W, 2886 m . One X, SMBA Stn ES207, 54°40∞N, 12°11∞W, 2906 m . One X, one W, SMBA Stn ES204, 54°40∞N, 12°20∞W, 2904 m . One W, SMBA Stn SBC49, 55°03∞N, 12°05∞W, 2875 m . One W, SMBA Stn SBC188, 54°40∞N, 12°16∞W, 2875 m . One W, one manca, SMBA Stn SBC46, 55°04∞N, 12°06∞W, 2875 m . One X, two mancas, SMBA Stn SBC298, 48°49∞N, 16°29∞W, 4834 m . One X, SMBA Stn SBC205, 54°40∞N, 12°15∞W, 2906 m .

One X, one W, two mancas, SMBA Stn SBC47, 55°03∞N, 12°03∞W, 2875 m. One X, two mancas, SMBA Stn SBC50, 55°04∞N, 12°02∞W, 2875 m. One X, one manca, SMBA Stn SBC163, 54°41∞N, 12°24∞W, 2910 m. Three X, four mancas, SMBA Stn SBC48, 55°04∞N, 12°04∞W, 2875 m. One W, SMBA Stn SBC51, 56°03∞N, 12°03∞W, 2875 m.

Diagnosis, female. Antennule article 2 half the length of article 1. Cheliped fixed finger without pronounced serration. Cheliped dactylus without depressions and processes. Maxilliped endites with process. Pleopods absent. Uropods longer than pleotelson. Pleotelson blunt and short (as long as combined length of three pleonites).

Diagnosis, male. Antennule article 2 longer than half as long as article 1. Cheliped fixed finger with pronounced proximal serration. Cheliped dactylus without proximal depression and process. Pleopods present on all five pleonites, armed with simple setae. Uropods longer than pleotelson. Pleotelson blunt and short (as long as combined length of three pleonites).

Synonymy. Leptognathia ochracea Sieg, 1983 .