Esquete, Patricia;Bamber, Roger;Aldea, Cristian
Tanaidacea
Sign in to saveThe crustacean order Tanaidacea (known as tanaids) make up a minor group within the class Malacostraca. There are about 940 species in this order.
Species
tanaids
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderTanaidacea
タナイス目（Tanaidacea）は、フクロエビ上目に含まれる甲殻類の分類群の1つ。胸部の第2体節に鋏脚を持つのが特徴。小型で、大部分の種が海洋の底生生物である。多様な環境に生息し、900種以上が記載されている。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6,127
- With media
- 743
- Collections
- YPM, USNM, CAS, SIO, LACM, MUSEU NACIONAL/UFRJ
- Recorded in
- British Virgin Islands, United States, French Polynesia, Philippines, Panama, Brasil
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Habitat
- Life cycle
- Taxonomy
- References
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The crustacean order Tanaidacea (known as tanaids) make up a minor group within the class Malacostraca. There are about 940 species in this order.
==Description== Tanaids are small, shrimp-like creatures ranging from in adult size, with most species being from . Their carapace covers the first two segments of the thorax. There are three pairs of limbs on the thorax; a small pair of maxillipeds, a pair of large clawed gnathopods, and a pair of pereiopods adapted for burrowing into the mud. The remaining six thoracic segments each bear a pair of pereiopods, and each of the first five abdominal segments normally carry pleopods. The final segment is fused with the telson and carries a pair of uropods.
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