Aphrocallistes beatrix beatrix Gray, 1858

Tabachnick, Konstantin, Fromont, Jane, Ehrlich, Hermann & Menshenina, Larisa, 2019, Hexactinellida from the Perth Canyon, Eastern Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species, Zootaxa 4664 (1), pp. 47-82 : 57

Aphrocallistes beatrix beatrix Gray, 1858

Material examined. Australia: Western Australia: WAM Z92549, Z92553, 2 specimens, Perth Canyon, Site F (31 o 42’ 2.742’’S, 114 o 51’0.180’’E, Figure 1 ), 691 m, A. Hosie, ROV, 11/03/2015, RV Falkor station FPC15_D09_S005 ; WAM Z92558, 1 specimen, Perth Canyon, Site F (31 o 42’ 2.202’’S, 114 o 51’0.090’’E), 684 m, A. Hosie, ROV, 11/03/2015, RV Falkor station FPC15_D09_S007 .

Remarks and Distribution. These are specimens ( Figure 7 ) of a widely distributed species in the Indo-West Pacific which has been previously described from the eastern Indian Ocean and off the coastline of Western Australia by Tabachnick et al. (2008).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map of Perth Canyon. Triangles are RV Falkor stations and circles are RV Southern Surveyor stations.

FIGURE 7. Aphrocallistes beatrix beatrix WAM Z92553, external morphology (scale 50 mm).