Weltnerium nymphocola (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
- Weltnerium
- species
- Weltnerium nymphocola
description
Fig. 40
discussion
Remarks. When describing Scalpellum nymphocola Hoek (1883) noted that this species “ comes very near to Scalpellum angustum G. O. Sars ”. Withers (1922) pointed out that S. angustum G. O. Sars, 1879 was a homonym of S. angustum Dixon, 1850, a fossil. The name S. sarsi was proposed as a replacement name by Withers (1922), but S. nymphocola is the oldest available name for this taxon. Hoek (1883) also mentioned material from HMS “ Triton ”, Stn 8: Atlantic, Northeast (South of Faroe Islands), 1170 m. The material cannot be located in the NHM collection.
distribution
Distribution. Arctic Sea; Atlantic, Northeast. Known depth range 28 to 1360 m. Habitat. Found on Pycnogonida legs.
materials_examined
Material examined. 15 syntypes NHM UK 2013.1138 - 1147, Knight Errant expedition, Stn 8: Atlantic, Northeast (South of Faroe Islands); 987 m. 20 syntypes NHM UK 1956.9.25.89, HMS “ Triton ”, Stn 9: Atlantic, Northeast (South of Faroe Islands), 1111 m. Found on Boreonymphon robustum (Bell, 1855). Supplementary descriptions. Zevina & Tarasov (1964) and Nilsson-Cantell (1978).
Name
- Homonyms
- Weltnerium nymphocola (Hoek 1883)