Cryptopora norfolkensis, Bitner, Maria Aleksandra, 2009

Bitner, Maria Aleksandra, 2009, Recent Brachiopoda from the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia, with description of four new species, Zootaxa 2235, pp. 1-39 : 8

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1175-5326

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scientific name

Cryptopora norfolkensis
status

sp. nov.

Cryptopora norfolkensis sp. nov.

( Fig. 4; for a full systematic description see below)

The micromorphic brachiopod Cryptopora norfolkensis was found on five seamounts ( Tables 1, 2), with a depth range of 200 to 980 m ( Fig. 14). The genus Cryptopora has a worldwide distribution ( Logan 2007) but this is the first record from the Norfolk Ridge. D’Hondt (1987) reported C. boettgeri Helmcke, 1940 from the New Caledonian slope but he had limited material and did not investigate internal structures, making it difficult to assess the reliability of his species assignment. The material collected during the Norfolk 1 and 2 cruises comprises more than 290 specimens, all found in loose sediment.

Helmcke, J. - G. (1940) Die Brachiopoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia, 1898 - 1899, 24, 217 - 316.

Logan, A. (2007) Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. In: Selden, P. A. (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part H. Brachiopoda Revised. Volume 6. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas, Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas, pp. 3082 - 3115.