Trianguloscalpellum regium (Wyville Thomson 1873)
- Dataset
- Deep-sea Cirripedia Thoracica (Crustacea) from the northeastern Atlantic collected by French expeditions
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Maxillopoda
- order
- Pedunculata
- family
- Scalpellidae
- genus
- Trianguloscalpellum
- species
- Trianguloscalpellum regium
description
BENGAL 3, stn 13200 # 93, 48 ° 50.55 ’ N, 16 ° 25.30 ’ W, 4844 m to 48 ° 47.46 ’ N, 16 ° 30.42 ’ W, 4849 m, 1 specimen, tl (cl) 71 mm (MNRJ 13917). BENGAL 6, stn 13627 # 11, 48 ° 47.82 ’ N, 16 ° 40.37 ’ W, 4847 m, 2 specimens, tl (cl) 27.0 (20.7) to 27.9 (20.8) mm (MNHN Ci 2880, MNRJ 13878).
discussion
REMARKS The taxonomy of Trianguloscalpellum regium was recently reviewed (Young 1998 a: 28). This species has been reported from all the oceans, but probably this distribution encompasses more than one species (Young 1998 a). It is frequently recorded from the abyssal plain of the North Atlantic.