Description of a New Mangrove Root Dwelling Species of Teleotanais (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from India, with a Key to Teleotanaidae

Abstract

— Specimens collected from India revealed a new species of the rare and plesiomorphic family Teleotanaidae. One new species, Teleotanais indianis is described and can be diagnosed from the only two other known species in the genus by the following character combination: carapace shorter than pereonites 1–3 combined; antennule without pigmentation, distal article incompletely fused with article 4 and with distal and subdistal aesthestascs; cheliped fixed finger with five inner, three ventral, and one subdistal setae; uropodal endopod biarticulated.