A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca) *
Author
Schwabe, Enrico
text
Zootaxa
2008
1866
205
222
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.183815
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183815
Laevipilina antarctica
Warén & Hain, 1992
Laevipilina antarctica
Warén & Hain 1992
: 167
, figs 2–5, 6–8, 10–16, 19, 27.
This species, originally described from the Weddell and Lazarev seas,
Antarctica
, had a bathymetric range from
210–644 m
(
Warén & Hain 1992
). Recent additional reports by Schrödl
et al
. (2006) include a first abyssal record for this species. The abyssal specimen comes from soft bottom terraces
3 km
to the SW edge of the Wegener Canyon (
70°38.46’S
,
14°42.87’W
–
70°39.19’S
,
14°43.44’W
), Weddell Sea, where it was collected at
3102–3136 m
depth.
This was not only a considerably range extension but also the first indication that this genus is found at abyssal depths.
Genus
Monoplacophorus
Moskalev, Starobogatov & Filatova, 1983
Type
species
:
Monoplacophorus zenkevitchi
Moskalev, Starobogatov & Filatova, 1983
, by original designation.