New species and new records of scaphopods from New Caledonia
Author
Scarabino, Victor
John T. Huber
text
Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
2008
196
215
268
journal article
978-2-85653-614-8
1243-4442
Fissidentalium profundorum
(Smith, 1894)
Fissidentalium profundorum
- Scarabino 1995: 246, figs 53, 62f, l, 70a. Material cited: 3 lots (12 spms) from Loyalty Basin and
Norfolk
Ridge, shells in
1300-1490 m
.
Other reference:
Fissidentalium profundorum
- Lamprell & Healy 1998: 93, figs 92D, 93D-E, 97.
NEW MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
New Caledonia
proper
. stn CP 854,
21°40’S
,
166°38’E
,
650-780 m
, 1 dd
. —
BATHUS 1: BATHUS 2: stn DW 730,
23°03’S
,
166°58’E
,
397-400 m
, 1 dd; stn CP 709,
Passe
SE de Ngoé
,
21°42’S
,
166°38’E
,
650-800 m
, stn CP 738,
Passe
de Kouaré
,
23°02’S
,
166°56’E
,
558-647 m
, 1
1 lv
.
dd. —
BATHUS 3: stn CP 844,
23°07’S
,
166°46’E
,
908 m
, 1 dd;
Norfolk
Ridge
BATHUS 3: stn DW 809, Banc Jumeau
Ouest
, stn CP 845,
23°03’S
,
166°56’E
,
592-622 m
, 1 dd
. — HALIPRO 1:
23°39’S
,
167°59’E
,
650-730 m
, 1 dd.
DISTRIBUTION. — Global distribution: Indian Ocean (
Sri Lanka
),
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Japan
and
New Caledonia
. Live in
441-445 m
(
Indonesia
) (Scarabino 1995), shells down to
3560 m
. Distribution in the New Caledonian region: Loyalty Basin, Norfolk Ridge, live in
650-800 m
, shells in
400-1490 m
.