Amigdoscalpellum tenue (Hoek 1883)
- Dataset
- An illustrated catalogue of the scalpellid barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Scalpellidae) collected during the HMS “ Challenger ” expedition and deposited in the Natural History Museum, London
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Maxillopoda
- order
- Pedunculata
- family
- Scalpellidae
- genus
- Amigdoscalpellum
- species
- Amigdoscalpellum tenue
description
Fig. 10
diagnosis
Diagnosis. The diagnosis was given by Hoek (1883), but the appendages have not yet been described.
discussion
Remarks. This species is known only from Hoek’s original description of the holotype. Newman & Ross (1971: 67 – 68) noted a close resemblance between this species and Teloscalpellum latuscutum (Newman & Ross, 1971) from the southwestern edge of Southeast Pacific (4758 – 4804 m) and Amigdoscalpellum semisculptum (Pilsbry, 1907 a) from the Gulf of Mexico (512 m). The major feature uniting these three species is the very narrow inframedian latus, which is triangular and close to linear in A. semisculptum and A. tenue, but rectangular in A. latuscutum, nearly reaching the upper latus. In the “ Challenger ” specimen we also found that the carina has low but strong bordering ribs, as in A. semisculptum and P. latuscutum.
distribution
Distribution. Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern. Known depth 2516 m.
materials_examined
Material examined. Holotype NHM UK 2013.1080, Stn 146: Indian Ocean, Antarctic and Southern (North East of Prince Edward Island); 2515 m.
Name
- Homonyms
- Amigdoscalpellum tenue (Hoek 1883)