Paratanais sp.

BIRD, GRAHAM J. & BAMBER, ROGER N., 2013, New littoral, shelf, and bathyal Paratanaidae (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from New Zealand, with descriptions of three new genera, Zootaxa 3676 (1), pp. 1-71 : 53-55

Paratanais sp. indet. [paraoa- group]

Material examined. One manca-II, CR.12161, Stn O. 652/BS.906, SE of Great Island, 173–178 m, bryozoan sand & sponges, 34˚ 14.8' S, 172˚ 13.6' E, 2 February 1981 ; one manca-II, CR.12165, Stn J 12/1/85, Tuaheni High, east of Mahia peninsula, 340–380m, 38º 49.40’S, 178º 37.80’E, 23 August 1985 , RV James Cook; one manca-II, Stn GJB/52-11): B habitus; C uropod. Male from Waiheke Island ( Stn GJB/5-11: D maxillule palp; E maxilla; F maxilliped (a palp and one basal seta omitted for clarity); G maxilliped palp articles 3–4; H cheliped [excluding basis-merus]. Scale bars: i: 1 mm for A, B; ii: 0.25 mm for C–H. GJB/40-11, Old Quarry Bay , Wellington south coast, ELWS, Corallina , 41.3483°S, 174.7417°E, 31 August 2011; one non-ov. ♀, CR.12152, Stn Hardy-1, off Western Chain , SW of Snares, 70-110 m, bryozoans, hydroids, sponges on cray-pot, December 1984, coll. G.S. Hardy.

Remarks. This category could be used for all those individuals encountered sharing a similar morphology to the pair paraoa / puia in littoral/shallow-sublittoral collections, when it is not possible to reach a firm identification.