The male of Ascorhynchus constrictus Stock, 1997 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida), with further new records of deep-sea pycnogonids from New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Author
Bamber, Roger N
text
Zootaxa
2011
2787
55
67
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.201969
46df74fc-444d-4317-aca4-9e2b56ac9144
1175-5326
201969
Colossendeis minor
Schimkewitsch, 1893
Stock, 1984b
, 702–704; figs 1–6.
Bamber & Thurston, 1995
, 144 (key), 148; fig. 9
C. Bamber, 2000
, 612.
Bamber 2004a
, 75–76. Bamber, 2010, 54–55; fig. 90.
Material.
Solomon Islands
:
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU-2007-4756), station CP2180,
08°47.5’S
159°40.6’E
,
XI 2004
, depth
708–828 m
, Santa Isabel.
2 specimens
(MNHN-IU-2007-4757), station CP2181,
08°46.9’S
159°39.8’E
,
XI 2004
, depth
645–840 m
, Santa Isabel.
2 specimens
(MNHN-IU-2007-4758), station CP2182,
08°47.0’S
159°37.9’E
,
XI 2004
, depth
762–1060 m
, Santa Isabel.
3 specimens
(MNHN-IU-2007-4759), station CP2189,
08°19.6’S
160°01.9’E
,
XI 2004
, depth
660–854 m
, SE Isabel.
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU-2007-4760), station CP2214,
07°41.6’S
157°43.8’E
,
XI 2004
, depth
550–682 m
, NW Isabel.
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU-2007-4761), station CP2217,
07°49.3’S
157°41.2’E
,
XI 2004
, depth
1045–1118 m
, NW Isabel.
9 specimens
(MNHN-IU-2007- 4762), station CP2219,
07°50.3’S
157°34.4’E
,
XI 2004
, depth 650–
636 m
, New
Georgia
.
2 specimens
(MNHN- IU-2007-4763), station CP2230,
6°27.8’S
156°24.3’E
,
XI 2004
, depth
837–945 m
, Solomon
Island
, NW Choiseul.
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU-2007-4764), station CP2232,
06°24.1’S
156°20.4’E
,
XI 2004
, depth
1045–1207 m
, NW Choiseul.
18 specimens
(MNHN-IU-2007-4765), station CP2251,
07°27.9’S
156°14.0’E
,
XI 2004
, depth
1000– 1050 m
,
Ile
Salomon
.
13 specimens
(MNHN-IU-2007-4766), station CP2252,
07°28.4’S
156°17.5’E
, 0
2 XI 2004
, depth
1059–1109 m
,
Ile
Salomon
.
4 specimens
(MNHN-IU-2007-4767), station CP2253,
07°26.5’S
156°15.0’E
, 0
2 XI 2004
, depth
1200–1218 m
,
Ile
Salomon
.
2 specimens
(MNHN-IU-2007-4768), station CP2268,
07°48.7’S
156°53.3’E
,
XI 2004
, depth
632–640 m
, Vella Gulf.
3 specimens
(MNHN-IU-2007-4769), station CP2297,
09°08.8’S
158°16.0’E
,
XI 2004
, depth
728–777 m
, Sud Gatokae. All Bouchet, Warén & Samedi-IRD coll.
Remarks.
This member of the
Colossendeis macerrima
complex has been recorded previously in this region by
Stock (1991)
and
Bamber (2000
;
2004a
;
2004b
), from
850 to 2110 m
. It is a widely distributed Indo-Pacific species known also from the North-east Atlantic, with a depth range of
850 to 4850 m
.