Parvamussium araneum Dijkstra, 1991

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe, 2008, New species and new records of deep-water Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the South Pacific, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 77-114 : 85

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978-2-85653-614-8

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scientific name

Parvamussium araneum Dijkstra, 1991
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Parvamussium araneum Dijkstra, 1991 View in CoL

Parvamussium araneum Dijkstra, 1991: 8 View in CoL , figs 3-10.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10: stn CP 1330, 1 spm [atypical].

17˚10’S, 177˚56.E, 567-699 m, 2 spms. — BORDAU 1: stn DW Solomon Islands. SALOMON 1: stn DW 1768, 08°21’S, 1469, 19˚40’S, 178˚10’W, 314-377 m, 2 lv. 160°42’E, 194-286 m, 1 rv GoogleMaps .

Tonga. BORDAU 2: stn DW 1595, 19˚03’S, 174˚19’W, 523-806m,

DISTRIBUTION. — Indonesia and Vanuatu ( Dijkstra 2001: 82); live in 154-300 m. New records for the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Tonga. Present material live in 523-567 m.

REMARKS. — The present material from Fiji is similar to the type specimens, although in contrast to the type material (which has rudimentary internal ribs), the specimen from Tonga has more internal ribs in the adult stage .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Pectinida

Family

Propeamussiidae

Genus

Parvamussium

Loc

Parvamussium araneum Dijkstra, 1991

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe 2008
2008
Loc

Parvamussium araneum

DIJKSTRA H. H. 1991: 8
1991
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