Coronarctus laubieri Renaud-Mornant, 1987a

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34. Coronarctus laubieri Renaud-Mornant, 1987a

Coronarctus laubieri n.sp. ( Renaud-Mornant 1987a)

Coronarctus laubieri (Romano III et al. 2011)

Terra typica : Atlantic Ocean (Europe)

Atlantic Ocean:

• 47°35′65N, 09°39′44W/ 47°36′N, 09°39′W; 4125 m bsl: [FAO27] St. KG 214, sediment sample. Renaud- Mornant (1987a)

• 47°35′59N, 09°35′73W/ 47°36′N, 09°36′W; 4140 m bsl: [FAO27] St. KG 205, sediment sample. Renaud- Mornant (1987a)

• 47°34′82N, 09°39′89W/ 47°35′N, 09°40′W; 4110 m bsl: [FAO27] Type Locality: St. KG 215, sediment sample. Renaud-Mornant (1987a)

• 47°34′74N, 09°39′10W/ 47°35′N, 09°39′W; 4190 m bsl: [FAO27] St. KG 211, sediment sample. Renaud- Mornant (1987a)

• 46°18′68N, 12°33′90W [46°19′N, 12°34′W]; 3600 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Bay of Biscay, sediment sample. Renaud-Mornant (1988)

• 27°07′N, 92°20′W; 625–3150 m bsl: [FAO31] Undefined locality, USA, Gulf of Mexico. Romano III et al. (2011)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 6; total: 6.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO27: 5 FAO31: 1; total: 6.

Remarks: This abyssal species, known from a few Atlantic localities on the edge of the Bay of Biscay, was recently reported from an unidentified locality in the Gulf of Mexico.