Bathyvermilia cf. kupriyanovae Bastida-Zavala, 2008 Fig. 28B

Diagnosis.

Large white tubes with numerous wide peristomes.

Remarks.

Only empty tubes were collected. Bathyvermilia kupriyanovae Bastida-Zavala, 2008 and B. zibrowiusi Kupriyanova, 1993b both have large tubes with wide flaring peristomes. The other characters separating these two species are structures of thoracic membranes and the opercula. The tubes collected from the Australian eastern abyss are tentatively attributed here to B. kupriyanovae as they appear to have wider peristomes than those of B. zibrowiusi .

Records.

4 tubes. Suppl. material 1: ops. 11, 56 (AM).