Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Tanaidacea > Suborder Tanaidomorpha > Superfamily Tanaidoidea > Family Tanaididae > Subfamily Tanaidinae

Tanais Latreille, 1831

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Tanais algiricus
Tanais dulongii (Audouin, 1826)
Tanais grimaldii Dollfus, 1897

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: タナイス属

Literature

original description	Latreille, P.A. (1831). Cours d'entomologie, ou de l'Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides, des Myriapodes et des Insectes. [Course in entomology, or the natural history of crustaceans, arachnids, myriapods and insects.]. Paris. 1-568, 1-27, pls. 1-24.
basis of record	Bird, G.J. (2001). Tanaidacea. In: Costello, M.J., C.S. Emblow, & R. White (eds.), European Register of Marine Species. A Check-List of the Marine Species in Europe and a Bibliography of Guides to Their Identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 310-315.
additional source	Anderson, G. (2016). Tanaidacea-- Thirty Years of Scholarship. (Vers. 2.0, Dec., 2016).
taxonomy source	Sieg, J. (1980). Sind die Dikonophora eine polyphyletische Gruppe?. Zoologischer Anzieger. 205 (5-6): 401-416.
taxonomy source	Sieg, J. (1978). Aufteilung der Anarthruridae Lang in zwei Unterfamilien sowie neubeschreibung von Tanais willemoesi Studer als Typus-Art der Gattung Langitanais Sieg (Tanaidacea). Crustaceana. 35: 119-133.
taxonomy source	Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series. 14(41): 297-316.
taxonomy source	Bate C. S. & J. O. Westwood. (1863-68). A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea. Vol. 2. John Van Voorst, London, i-lvi + 536 pp.
taxonomy source	Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.].
taxonomy source	Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris.