Recent Brachiopoda from the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia, with description of four new species
Author
Bitner, Maria Aleksandra
text
Zootaxa
2009
2235
1
39
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.190398
5781f612-65d4-4817-8aa7-5091a042a326
1175-5326
190398
Frenulina sanguinolenta
(Gmelin, 1791)
(
Fig. 7
F–H)
This is a very widely distributed species, known from
Japan
,
China
and
Australia
to
French Polynesia
and Hawaii (
Thomson 1918
;
Dall 1920
;
Jackson & Stiasny 1937
;
Hatai 1940
;
Richardson 1973 a
,
b
,
1979
;
Zezina 1985
;
Emig 1987
;
Richardson
et al
. 1989
;
Saito 1996
;
Laurin 1997
;
Bitner 2006a
,
b
, 2008;
Logan 2007
), and
New Caledonia
and the
Norfolk
Ridge (d’Hondt 1987;
Laurin 1997
;
Bitner 2007a
).
Frenulina sanguinolenta
is easily recognizable by its red colour pattern. It was found on three seamounts (
Tables 1
, 2), occurring in abundance on Antigonia whereas only single, dead shells were obtained from Crypthelia and Munida. It is known only from relatively shallow water (
180–373 m
;
Fig. 14
).