The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean) Author Gofas, Serge C7A4B3D3-AE51-4376-BA89-249CD1F1632D Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain. sgofas@uma.es Author Luque, Ángel A. 829C1CA8-1530-46FF-A7C9-55682E44E7B3 Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c / Darwin 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain. angel.luque@inv.uam.es Author Oliver, Joan Daniel 81A90DF7-933D-4B34-BE46-3630D93D57B9 Alcorisa 83 12 C, 28043 Madrid, Spain. joandanieloliver@hotmail.com Author Templado, José 191D7CF3-7F05-47F1-AFE5-60567B3A448A Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), c / José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. templado@mncn.csic.es Author Serrano, Alberto 8FCDBDC3-3609-46B6-9847-B2E7871E4BEC Centro Oceanográfico de Santander, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Apdo. 240 Promontorio San Martín, s / n, 39080 Santander, Spain. alberto.serrano@ieo.es text European Journal of Taxonomy 2021 2021-12-22 785 1 1 114 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.785.1605 journal article 2668 10.5852/ejt.2021.785.1605 37df827e-a876-4f53-ba38-7239e2c66802 2118-9773 5798418 8B61E9CD-DDCA-43FC-AB0A-B227C1A579E8 Lepetella sp. Fig. 3H Material examined GALICIA BANK1 sh ; 42°28.81′ N , 11°50.03′ W ; 1410 m ; 8 Aug. 2011 ; BANGAL 0711 DR15; MNCN 50 spm ; 43°00.12′ N , 11°57.67′ W ; 1706 m ; 29 Jul. 2011 ; BANGAL 0711 V2 ; MNCN 3 sh ; 42°56.77′ N , 11°58.53′ W ; 1631 m ; 2 Aug. 2011 ; BANGAL 0711 V5 ; MNCN 10 spm , 40 sh ; 42°41.87′ N , 11°26.71′ W ; 1720 m ; 8 Aug. 2011 ; BANGAL 0711 V10 ; MNCN . Remarks Numerous living specimens from 0.4 to 1.7 mm of a Lepetella species were found at depths of 1706 m (V2) and 1720 m (V10), attached to the external surface of empty tubes of the onuphid polychaete Hyalinoecia tubicola (Müller, 1776), which is common on deepest ( 1470‒1809 m ) sedimentary bottoms of the GB ( Serrano et al. 2017a ). Dantart & Luque (1994) , Lima et al. (2015) and Hoffman et al. (2019b) have described some new species of Lepetella in different areas of the Atlantic, and the latter authors mention the possible presence of the dubious taxon L. ionica Nordsieck, 1973 in the GB. Nevertheless, a comparative anatomical and molecular study of these deep-water specimens and specimens of N Atlantic shallower water species of Lepetella is necessary to ascertain if they belong to a different and perhaps undescribed species.