Late Neogene Lophophaenidae (Nassellaria, Radiolaria) from the eastern equatorial Pacific Author Trubovitz, Sarah Author Renaudie, Johan Author Lazarus, David Author Noble, Paula text Zootaxa 2022 2022-07-04 5160 1 1 158 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5160.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5160.1.1 1175­5334 10544058 A9179C79-EE43-44E4-8723-919505500049 Pelagomanes ? piperata ( Renaudie and Lazarus, 2015 ) n. comb. Plate 42, Figs. 6–8 . Botryopera piperata n. sp. , Renaudie and Lazarus, 2015 , pl. 7, figs. 6–9B. Remarks. This species was not observed in the EEP, but it is the authors’ opinion that it fits the definition of Pelagomanes better than Botryopera , and thus is tentatively included here. The specimens on Pl. 42, Figs. 6–8 are from the Early Miocene Southern Ocean; photographs are reproduced from Renaudie and Lazarus (2015) . Pelagomanes ? piperata has a distinct upward-curving hooklike apical horn, a strong triangular ventral horn, shoulders, ribs, and teeth on the thorax, which are all typical of Pelagomanes . In addition, this species has the unusual character of a plate covering the aperture of the thorax. A similar feature was present on some specimens of Pelagomanes ibburi n. sp. (Pl. 41, Figs. 1A – 6B ), as well as one specimen of Pelagomanes ? sp. B (Pl. 42, Fig. 2 ) and all specimens of Pelagomanes ? sp. C (Pl. 42, Figs. 4A – 5B ). Range. Late Oligocene—Pleistocene in the SO (reported by Renaudie and Lazarus, 2015 ).