kingdom Animalia > phylum Arthropoda > subphylum Crustacea > superclass Multicrustacea > class Malacostraca > subclass Eumalacostraca > superorder Peracarida > order Tanaidacea > suborder Tanaidomorpha > superfamily Paratanaoidea > family Leptocheliidae > subfamily Leptocheliinae > genus Heterotanais > species Heterotanais melacephala
| Rank | Species |
| Status | unaccepted |
| Aphia ID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:820358 |
| Valid name | Heterotanais groenlandicus |
| Valid Aphia ID | 247529 |
| Environments | marine |
This status of this taxon in WoRMS is unaccepted. The accepted taxon for Heterotanais melacephala Fee, 1927 is Heterotanais groenlandicus.