Coronarctus disparilis Renaud-Mornant, 1987a

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32. Coronarctus disparilis Renaud-Mornant, 1987a

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

Coronarctus disparilis (Romano III et al. 2011)

Terra typica: Indian Ocean ( Mozambique Channel, Africa) Atlantic Ocean:

• 27°07′N, 92°20′W; 763–3000 m bsl: [FAO31] Undefined locality, USA, Gulf of Mexico. Romano III et al. (2011)

Indian Ocean:

• 12°59′06S, 45°42′05E/ 12°59′S, 45°42′E; 3400 m bsl: [FAO51] Type Locality: Mozambique Channel, black volcanic sand with pumice. Renaud-Mornant (1987a)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 1, Indian Ocean: 1; total: 2. Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO31: 1 FAO51: 1; total: 2. Remarks: Like all Coronarctus taxa, this is a deep sea/abyssal species known from the type locality and more recently from an unidentified locality in the Gulf of Mexico.