''Araphura whakarakaia'' is a species of
tanaidomorpha
Tanaidomorpha is a suborder of malacostracan crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, ...
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malacostracan
crustacean found in New Zealand. They rely on drag-powered swimming to move around, and like most species of crustacean, they live in the
benthic zone
The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. The name comes from ancient Greek, βένθος (bénthos), meaning " ...
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Tanaidacea
Marine crustaceans of New Zealand
Crustaceans described in 2011
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