Brachiopodes récoltés dans les eaux de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyauté, Matthew et Chesterfield
Laurin, B. (1997). Brachiopodes récoltés dans les eaux de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyauté, Matthew et Chesterfield, in: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 18. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 176: pp. 411-471 In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) (1997). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 18. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 176. Editions du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-511-9. 570 pp., more In: Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. Editions du Muséum: Paris. ISSN 0078-9747, more |   |
| Keywords | Taxa > New taxa > New genera
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Brachiopoda [WoRMS]; Kanakythyris Laurin, 1997 [WoRMS]
ISEW, New Caledonia, Chesterfield I. [Marine Regions]; ISEW, New Caledonia, Loyalty I. [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | Bivalve coelomates, Lamp shells, Taxonomy, cruise reports, geographical distribution, Kanakythyris, Brachiopoda |
| Abstract | Twenty six species of brachiopods were dredged in the bathyal area surrounding New-Caledonia and the Chesterfield Islands, from 1985 to 1989, during the cruises BIOCAL, BIOGEOCAL, CALSUB, CHALCAL2, MUSORSTOM 4,5,6, SMIB 1,4, and VOLSMAR. That fauna shows a broad diversity, including 19 genera belonging to 14 families. A new genus (Kanakythyris) and four new species are described (K.pachyrhynchos, Stenosarina globoas, S.lata, Fallax neocaledonensis). Several species are strongly sulcate (Neorhynchia strebeli, Abyssothyris wyvillei, K. pachyrhynchos, Nipponithyris afra), a feature that is usually considered as typical of deep-sea brachiopods. nevertheless, this feature also occurs in New-Caledonian species at lesser depths. Moreover, in several taxa, size differences between populations or species seem to be related to depth. |
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