Paradoxipus orzeliscoides Kristensen & Higgins, 1989

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88. Paradoxipus orzeliscoides Kristensen & Higgins, 1989

Paradoxipus orzeliscoides n. gen., n. sp. ( Kristensen & Higgins 1989) Terra typica : Atlantic Ocean ( USA, North America)

Atlantic Ocean:

• 27°30′N, 80°20.0′W / 27°30′N, 80°20′W; 5 m bsl: [FAO31] USA, Florida State, St. Lucie County, the channel of the Intracoastal Waterway in the Indian River near marker 175 about 1.6 km N of Fort Pierce, medium to coarse sand mixed with shell hash. Kristensen & Higgins (1989)

• 27°30.0′N, 80°17.0′W / 27°30′N, 80°17′W; 15 m bsl: [FAO31] Type Locality: USA, Florida State, St. Lucie County, N of Hutchinson Island, near Fort Pierce, coarse quartz sand mixed with shell hash ( Amphioxus sand). Kristensen & Higgins (1989)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 2; total: 2.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO31: 2; total: 2.

Remarks: This is a monotypic genus known only from the type locality and neighbouring site. It is an interstitial and subtidal taxon.