Pseudotanaidae is a family of
crustaceans
Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of Arthropod, arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquat ...
belonging to the order
Tanaidacea
The crustacean order Tanaidacea (known as tanaids) make up a minor group within the class (biology), class Malacostraca. There are about 940 species in this order.
Description
Tanaids are small, shrimp-like creatures ranging from in adult size, ...
.
The family contains one subfamily, Pseudotanainae, which contains five
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Akanthinotanais''
Sieg, 1977
* ''
Beksitanais''
Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019
* ''
Mystriocentrus''
Bird & Holdich, 1989
* ''
Parapseudotanais''
Bird & Holdich, 1989
* ''
Pseudotanais''
Sars, 1882
References
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Tanaidacea