Deep-water Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Oman Margin, Arabian Sea, new species and examples of endemism and cosmopolitanism
Author
Oliver, P. Graham
text
Zootaxa
2015
3995
1
252
263
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.21
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“
Leptaxinus
”
indusarium
Oliver & Levin, 2006
Fig. 4
J
Material.
Eight specimens, Off Ras Madrakah, southern
Oman
, Discovery cruise 211 st. 12714#1,
19°10.74´N
58°20.33´E
to
19°10.10´N
59°19.50´E
,
919–967 m
, collected P.G. Oliver,
28 October 1994
.
NMW
.Z. 1995.009.20.
Description.
This species is fully described in the original description and is accompanied by a full discussion on the generic affinities. An illustration is given here for completeness.
Remarks.
The generic placing of this species remains uncertain as there are no molecular data for other species of
Leptaxinus
. The
type
material was obtained from off the Indus Fan at
879 m
with dissolved oxygen levels between 0.1 and 0.2ml l -1. The
Oman
data are similar in both depth and oxygen concentrations and confirms the original hypothesis that this species is restricted to hypoxic environments in the Arabian Sea.