New species and new records of scaphopods from New Caledonia
Author
Scarabino, Victor
John T. Huber
text
Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
2008
196
215
268
journal article
978-2-85653-614-8
1243-4442
Fissidentalium waterhousae
Lamprell & Healy, 1998
Fissidentalium waterhousae
Lamprell & Healy, 1998: 94
, figs 92E, 93, 98.
TYPE MATERIAL. —
Holotype
(dd)
AMS
C309881
.
TYPE
LOCALITY. —
Elizabeth Reef
,
Tasman
Sea
,
29°53.82’S
,
159°01.65’E
,
420 m
.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
North
of
New Caledonia
. CP 921,
18°47’S
,
163°17’E
,
610-613 m
,
1 lv
.
BATHUS 4: stn DW 914, Grand Passage,
18°49’S
163°15’E
,
Norfolk
Ridge.
NORFOLK
1: stn DW 1665, Banc Stylaster,
600-616 m
,
1 lv
; stn DW 918,
18°49’S
,
163°16’E
,
613-647 m
,
23°43’S
,
167°43’E
,
923 m
, 5 dd; stn DW 1695, Banc Introuvable, 4 dd; stn CP 912,
18°56’S
,
163°08’E
,
690-702 m
, 1 dd; stn
24°40’S
,
168°39’E
,
562-587 m
,
1 lv
, 2 dd.
DISTRIBUTION. — Global distribution: Elizabeth Reef, Tasman Sea, now extended to
New Caledonia
; live in
587-610 m
, shells from
420 m
(Lamprell & Healy 1998) to
923 m
(this study). Distribution in the New Caledonian region: northern
New Caledonia
and Norfolk Ridge, live in
587-610 m
(first record).