''Atemtanais'' is a genus of
tanaidomorpha
Tanaidomorpha is a suborder of malacostracan crustacean
Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Cru ...
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malacostraca
Malacostraca is the second largest of the six classes of pancrustaceans behind insects, containing about 40,000 living species, divided among 16 orders. Its members, the malacostracans, display a great diversity of body forms and include crab ...
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crustacean
Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...
found in New Zealand.
The only species is ''Atemtanais taikaha''.
References
Further reading
*Bird, Graham J., and Roger N. Bamber. "New littoral, shelf, and bathyal Paratanaidae (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from New Zealand, with descriptions of three new genera." Zootaxa 3676.1 (2013): 1-71.
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WORMS
Tanaidacea
Monotypic Malacostraca genera
Marine crustaceans of New Zealand
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