Thomas E. Bowman, Susan P. Garner, Robert R. Hessler, Thomas M. Iliffe, and
Howard L. Sanders. 1985. Mictacea, a new order of Crustacea Peracarida.
Journal of Crustacean Biology, 5(1):74-78.
A new order, Mictacea, is proposed within the superorder Peracarida for
Hirsutia bathyalis Sanders, Hessler, and Garner and Mictocaris halope Bowman
and Iliffe. The new order is characterized by a unique combination of
characters, most of which are not unique to the Mictacea, but are found in
at least one other peracaridan order.
Thomas E.
Bowman and Howard L. Sanders: deceased - Robert R. Hessler, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, A-002, La Jolla, California 92093 - Thomas M. Iliffe, Department of Marine
Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, Texas 77553, USA.
E-mail: iliffet@tamug.edu
Keywords: new order; Crustacea; taxonomy; Mictacea
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