Metaverruca trisulcata (Gruvel, 1900)

Young, Paulo S., 2001, Deep-sea Cirripedia Thoracica (Crustacea) from the northeastern Atlantic collected by French expeditions, Zoosystema 23 (4), pp. 705-756 : 745

Metaverruca trisulcata (Gruvel, 1900)

Verruca trisulcata Gruvel, 1900b: 243 .

Metaverruca trisulcata – Young 1998a: 54, figs 9, 13- 14 (with synonymy).

MATERIALEXAMINED. — SEAMOUNT 2, stn DW 200, 31°19.07’N, 28°36.01’W, 1060 m to 31°19.27’N, 28°35.92’W, 1100 m, 1 specimen, rc 5.0 mm (MNHN Ci 2904). — Stn DW 203, 31°09.52’N, 28°43.52’W, 845 m to 31°09.67’N, 28°43.38’W, 990 m, 1 specimen, rc 5.4 mm (MNRJ 13934).

REMARKS

Metaverruca trisulcata was redescribed and discussed by Young (1998b: 54). It was recorded from the Azores region and off Morocco ( Gruvel 1920: 49; Foster & Buckeridge 1995: 177). The present records are from south of the Azores and their depth of occurrence is included in the previously known range: 622-1378 m.