Abstract
BackgroundThe checklist of Tanaidacea of Greece was developed in the framework of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) project and coordinated by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research during the period 2013-2015. By applying the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS) of this project, a complete checklist of species recorded from Greek Seas has been developed. The objectives of the present study were to update and cross-check all tanaidacean species known to occur in Greek Seas. Inaccuracies and omissions according to recent literature and the current taxonomic status were also investigated.New informationThe up-to-date checklist of Tanaidacea of Greece comprises 20 species, classified to 11 genera and five families.
Highlights
Tanaidacea, comprising an order of Crustacea under the superorder of Peracarida, include species that are amongst the smallest of the benthic macro-invertebrates
According to Guţu (2001), who has studied the crustacean fauna belonging to the order of Tanaidacea from the Mediterranean basin, the Aegean Sea, due to its special relief, consists of a large diversity of biocoenoses with ecological niches that can become "deposits" for species and even genera still unknown
Stefanidou (1996) is the one who studied the Tanaidacea of the continental shelf of the North Aegean Sea and the only one who largely contributed to the Greek records of this taxonomic group
Summary
Tanaidacea, comprising an order of Crustacea under the superorder of Peracarida, include species that are amongst the smallest of the benthic macro-invertebrates. Besides their occurrence in deep-sea environments, tanaids are an important component of coastal habitats, such as soft bottoms (Tomassetti and Chimenz Gusso 1998) and vegetated systems (Gambi et al 1992). They are demersal organisms which mainly inhabit the surface layer of the sediments, either in burrows or by constructing tubes or interstitially (Blazewicz-Paszkowycz et al 2012).
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