Pleustes tuberculatus Spence Bate, 1858

Figs 18–19

Pleustes tuberculata Bate, 1858: 362 .

Pleustes panoplus tuberculatus Gurjanova, 1951: 637 .

Pleustes tuberculata – Sars 1895: 344. — Stebbing 1906: 311. — Stephensen 1938: 253.

Pleustes panoplus tuberculatus – Gurjanova 1972: 148, figs 4B, 6. (Kara Sea).

Diagnosis

A diagnosis can be found in Bousfield & Hendrycks (1994): 39.

Material examined

E GREENLAND – off Scoresbysund • 1 adult, 5.2 mm, SEM stub; E Greenland shelf; 63.5666667°N, 39.3°W; depth 219 m; 25 Oct. 2001; WH233, station 1016; collected with Rauschert dredge; ZMH-K 44487a • 1 spec., SEM stub; same data as for preceding; K44487 b • 1 spec., SEM stub; same data as for preceding; ZMH-K 44487c • 5 specs, ethanol preserved specimen; same collection data as for preceding; ZMH-K 56230, ZMH-K 56231, ZMH-K 56240, ZMH-K 56241, ZMH-K 56242 • 1 spec., E Greenland Shelf; 63.6000°N, 37.6833°W; depth 238 m; 24 Oct. 2001; WH233, station 1013; collected with Rauschert Dredge; ZMH-K 065823. See Figs 18–19 • 2 specs; same data as for preceding; ZMH-K 56228, ZMH-K 56229 .

Ecology

Associated with hydroids (Marin & Sinelnikov 2017).

Distribution

North Atlantic.