Pyrgomina sp.

Pitriana, Pipit, Jones, Diana S., Corbari, Laure & Rintelen, Kristina von, 2020, New insights gained from museum collections: Deep-sea barnacles (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica) in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, collected during the Karubar expedition in 1991, Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2), pp. 649-698 : 649

Pyrgomina sp. Figure 39

Material examined.

- Tanimbar Island: 1 specimen, MNHN-IU-2019-4817, Stn. CP 86, 09°26'S, 131°13'E, 223-225 m depth, 4 November 1991, attached to coral.

Diagnosis.

Shell purple-pinkish, tall, conical; oriface oval; base permeated by pores, expanded out of the coral; tergum and scutum subtriangular.

Description.

Shell stands exserted on the coral, externally furnished with ribs, lower part rounded with radiating ribs; oriface oval, small and narrow. Scutum triangular, basal margin curved; tergum triangular with narrow spur. Cirrus I with rami unequal (anterior ramus: 10-segmented; posterior ramus: 15-segmented); posterior ramus of cirrus IV without spines. Maxilla globular; maxillule not notched, eight large setae on straight cutting edge; mandible with five major teeth. Measurements of specimen: basal length of shell 7.46 mm, orifice length 2.42 mm, carinal height 10.45 mm, orifice width 1.41 mm, basal width 6.15 mm.

Distribution.

Pyrgomina sp. was found at Tanimbar Island, Indonesia.

Figures

Figure 39. Pyrgomina sp. (MNHN-UI- 2019 - 4817). a. orifice view; b. left lateral view; c. right lateral view. Scale bar: 2 mm (a-c).