Bathycadulus hendersoni
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Ordo: Gadilida
Familia: Gadilidae
Genus: Bathycadulus
Name
Bathycadulus hendersoni Scarabino, Victor, 2011 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Bathycadulus hendersoni Scarabino, Victor, 2011, Zootaxa 3096: 60-60.
Materials Examined
Type material.Holotype (dd) MCZ293930; 3Paratypes: 1 (dd) MCZ 293931, 1 (dd) MCZ293932; 1 (lv) MNHN24344. Type locality. Equatorial mid Atlantic, 0 0°03' S, 27 ° 48 ' W; 3730−3783 m [R/V ATLANTIS II, cruise 31, stn 155]
Distribution
Distribution. Equatorial mid Atlantic, North American basins, West European Basin. Live specimens from 3730 m; empty shells from 4120 to 3753 m.
Description
Description. Shell 6.6 mm long, brilliant, porcellaneous white. Maximum diameter located in 3 / 5 medial portion of shell, both sides parallel in dorsal view. Shell tapers rapidly from maximum diameter to apex and mouth. Dorsal side sinusoidal with two bulges, one at posterior fourth rapidly tapering to apex; other, less evident at anterior fourth, concave central area in lateral view. Apex simple, thin bordered, slightly dorsoventrally compressed, prominent pre-apical internal callus present. Oral aperture simple, slightly compressed laterally.
Materials Examined
Material examined. Atlantic Ocean: North American basin: R/V ATLANTIS II: cruise 17, stn 95, 38° 33 'N, 68 ° 32 'W, 3753 m, 3 dd (Paratypes); Equatorial mid-Atlantic: R/V ATLANTIS II: cruise 31, stn 155, 0 0°03'S, 27 ° 48 'W, 3730−3783 m, 1 dd (Holotype) and 1 lv (Paratype); West European Basin: R/V CHAIN: cruise 106, stn 326, 52° 10 'N, 15 ° 32 'W, 4120 − 4100 m, 1 dd (Paratype).
Discussion
Remarks.Bathycadulus hendersoni is smaller and has the apical and oral constrictions more pronounced compared to B. segonzaci.
Etymology
Etymology. Species dedicated to John B. Henderson, Jr. (1870–1923) for his contribution to the knowledge of the West Atlantic scaphopods.
Taxon Treatment
- Scarabino, Victor; Caetano, Carlos Henrique Soares; Carranza, Alvar; 2011: Three new species of the deep-water genus Bathycadulus (Mollusca, Scaphopoda, Gadilidae), Zootaxa 3096: 60-60. doi
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