Angursa antarctica Villora-Moreno, 1998

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89. Angursa antarctica Villora-Moreno, 1998

Angursa antarctica sp. nov. ( Villora-Moreno 1998)

Terra typica: Scotia Sea ( Antarctica)

Scotia Sea:

• 62°30′S, 60°34′W; 416 m bsl: [FAO48] Antarctica , N of South Shetland Islands, Livingston Island, station L 16, heterometric sediment (sandy mud with gravels, medium diameter 0.06 mm, poorly sorted sediment). Villora-Moreno (1998)

• 62°30′S, 60°34′W; 352 m bsl: [FAO48] Type Locality: Antarctica , N of South Shetland Islands, Livingston Island, station L 15, heterometric sediment (sandy mud with gravels, medium diameter 0.06 mm, poorly sorted sediment). Villora-Moreno (1998)

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

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO48: 2; total: 2.

Remarks: This is a deep sea species known only from the type locality and a neighbouring site.