Tanaididae is a family of

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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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, ...

. There are about 19 genera and more than 90 described species in Tanaididae.

Genera

These 19 genera belong to the family Tanaididae: * '' Allotanais'' Shiino, 1978 * '' Anatanais'' Nordenstam, 1930 * '' Arctotanais'' Sieg, 1980 * '' Austrotanais'' Edgar, 2008 * '' Aviatanais'' Bamber, 2005 * '' Hexapleomera'' Dudich, 1931 * '' Langitanais'' Sieg, 1976 * '' Mekon'' Bamber & Boxshall, 2006 * '' Monoditanais'' Sieg, 1980 * '' Pancoloides'' Sieg, 1980 * '' Pancolus'' Richardson, 1905 * '' Parasinelobus'' Sieg, 1980 * '' Protanais'' Sieg, 1980 * '' Sinelobus'' Sieg, 1980 * '' Singularitanais'' Sieg, 1980 * '' Synaptotanais'' Sieg, 1980 * ''

Tanais Tanais ( ''Tánaïs''; ) was an ancient Greek city in the Don river delta, called the Maeotian marshes in classical antiquity. It was a bishopric as Tana and remains a Latin Catholic titular see as Tanais. Location The delta reaches into the ...

'' Latreille, 1831 * '' Zeuxo'' Templeton, 1840 * '' Zeuxoides'' Sieg, 1980

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