19. Grania atlantica Coates & Erséus, 1985

Grania atlantica Coates & Erséus, 1985: 112–113, fig. 7.

Grania atlantica – Diaz et al. 1987: 222–224, tabs 1, 3–4. — Locke & Coates 2000: 619, 626. — Rota & Erséus 1996: 182; 2003: 210 –211, 235–237, fig. 10e. — Erséus & Rota 2003: 898, tab. 1.

Type material

Holotype

UNITED STATES: off Massachusetts (USNM 96503).

Paratypes

UNITED STATES: off Massachusetts (USNM 96504–96508).

Type locality

UNITED STATES: off Massachusetts.

Habitat

Continental slope, 744–1796 m, fine ooze to silty deep-sea sediments.

Distribution

Widely distributed in the Atlantic Ocean from 48º35.4´N to 09º05´S in the east and from 39º51.2´N to 70º40.8´S in the west.