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Coronarctus verrucatus Hansen 2007

Description

38. Coronarctus verrucatus Hansen, 2007

Coronarctus verrucatus sp. nov. (Hansen 2007)

Terra typica: Atlantic Ocean (Faroe Islands, Europe)

Atlantic Ocean:

61°17.66′N, 08°32.25′W / 61°18′N, 08°32′W; 249–260 m bsl: [FAO27] Type Locality: Faroe Islands, Faroe Bank, BIOFAR Station 627, gravel with shell sand and fine shell sand. Hansen (2007)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 1; total: 1.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO27: 1; total: 1.

Remarks: This is a relatively recently described species known only from the type locality and, like C. stylisetus, from relatively shallow depths in comparison with other Coronarctus taxa.

Notes

Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 4037 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/233519

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References

  • Hansen, J. G. (2007) The deep sea elements of the Faroe Bank tardigrade fauna with a description of two new species. Journal of Limnology, 66 (Suppl. 1), 12 - 20. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.4081 / jlimnol. 2007. s 1.12