Report on four deep-water barnacles (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from the north west Pacific, with remarks on Trianguloscalpellum regium (Wyville-Thomson, 1873)
Author
Zhibin, Gan
Author
Xinzheng, Li
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-08
4565
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201
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journal article
28395
10.11646/zootaxa.4565.2.4
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Poecilasma litum
Pilsbry, 1907
Figures 6, 7
Poecilasma kaempferi litum
Pilsbry, 1907
: 85
, pl. VI figs 1–2.
Poecilasma litum
.—
Jones
et al
. 2000
: 238
.—
Liu & Ren 2007
: 153
, fig. 55.—
Chan
et al
. 2009
: 29
, figs 21–22.
Material examined.
NHS-SY-075-12-01,
9 specimens
(CL
2.4–9.8 mm
, CW
2.6–5.1 mm
, PL
0.8–2.2 mm
), Station SY075, Xisha mud volcano, South
China
Sea, depth
500–810 m
, collected by the second author (XLi) with manned submersible
Shenhaiyongshi
, from onboard R/V
Tansuoyihao
,
20 May 2018
.
FIGURE. 6
Poecilasma litum
Pilsbry, 1907
. A, lateral view of specimen; B, tergum and scutum; C, lateral view of carina; D E, basal part of carina; F, lateral view of soft body; G, cirrus I; H, cirrus VI; I, caudal appendage.
FIGURE. 7
Poecilasma litum
Pilsbry, 1907
. A, mouthparts; B, mandibular palp; C, mandible; D, maxillule; E, maxilla.
Distribution.
South
China
Sea, southern part of East
China
Sea, Sagami Bay,
Panama
Bay, Florida Bay and Caribbean Sea.
Remarks.
The present specimens (Figs 6A–I, 7A–E) correspond closely to the original description of
Pilsbry (1907)
and additional descriptions of
Liu & Ren (2007)
and
Chan (2009)
. All the specimens attached to the dorsal surface of the carapace of a clawed lobster,
Metanephrops neptunus
(
Bruce, 1965
)
. Although captured from the marine mud volcano environment,
M. neptunus
appears to be an opportunist visitor to the mud volcano and carried the present specimens with it. The nucleotide sequences of 16S rRNA and mt COI gene from the present specimen were submitted to Genbank (genbank number:
MH938356
and
MH973611
, respectively)