Kauaʻi record · KCA-CR-000159
Zeuxo insularis
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About Zeuxo insularis
Zeuxo insularis is a minute tanaid crustacean in the family Tanaididae. Coles et al. (2004), Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a, printed page 133, lists the historical name Anatanais insularis Miller, 1940 under its 2002 Present Study with a Kauaʻi mark at station Ka3 (Port Allen Harbor). Bird (2019) transferred the Hawaiian species to Zeuxo insularis (Miller, 1940) and distinguished it from the Tuamotu Zeuxo seurati (Nobili, 1906); older catalogues had merged these names. The survey supports a dated Kauaʻi occurrence of the Hawaiian taxon under its historical identification. The Ka3 specimens have not been reexamined for this Atlas, and the published row does not establish the species’ current abundance, persistence, diet, reproduction, or population trend. The original source name and later taxonomic interpretation are retained together so that future voucher review can test the identification.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Zeuxo insularis
- Other names
- Zeuxo insularis · Anatanais insularis · Zeuxo seurati · crustacean · crustaceans · tanaid · tanaids
- Family
- Tanaididae
- Order
- Tanaidacea
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- confirmed by dated Kauaʻi occurrence evidence
- Origin
- not assigned here
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- The Kauaʻi Port Allen Harbor survey reported Anatanais insularis (now Zeuxo insularis) at station Ka3 in Coles et al. (2004), printed page 133. Bird (2019) separated the Hawaiian species from the Tuamotu species Zeuxo seurati. The dated survey does not establish present abundance or persistence.