Smilium acutum ( Hoek, 1883 )

Young, Paulo S., 2001, Deep-sea Cirripedia Thoracica (Crustacea) from the northeastern Atlantic collected by French expeditions, Zoosystema 23 (4), pp. 705-756 : 727

Smilium acutum ( Hoek, 1883)

Scalpellum acutum Hoek, 1883: 80 , pl. 3, fig. 19; pl. 8, fig. 12.

Smilium acutum – Newman & Ross 1971: 38, pl. 5F (with synonymy). — Zevina 1981: 82, fig. 54 (with synonymy).

MATERIALEXAMINED. — SEAMOUNT 2, stn DW 180, 30°04.09’N, 28°45.09’W, 1575 m to 30°03.90’N, 28°44.74’W, 1610 m, 9 specimens, tl (cl) 1.8 (1.4) to 10.4 (7.4) mm (MNHN Ci 2850, MNRJ 13899). — Stn DW 222, 32°20.81’N, 28°15.66’W, 1150 m to 32°21.02’N, 28°15.72’W, 1150 m, 1 specimen, tl (cl) 1.5 (1.1) mm (MNHN Ci 2851). — Stn DW 249, 33°12.41’N, 29°14.83’W, 1700 m to 33°12.36’N, 29°15.19’W, 1800 m, 3 specimens, tl (cl) 6.9 (5.1) to 10.9 (7.4) mm (MNHN Ci 2852, MNRJ 13900). — Stn DW 261, 34°22.37’N, 30°27.79’W, 1340 m to 34°22.52’N, 30°27.99’W, 1190 m, 1 specimen, tl (cl) 10.9 (8.0) mm (MNHN Ci 2853). — Stn DW 276, 34°02.06’N, 28°18.96’W, 1520 m to 34°01.85’N, 28°19.15’W, 1460 m, 2 specimens, tl (cl) 13.5 (9.2) to 13.6 (9.7) mm (MNHN Ci 2854, MNRJ 13901). — Stn DW 278, 33°57.77’N, 28°22.40’W, 890 m to 33°57.47’N, 28°22.48’W, 925 m, 1 specimen, tl (cl) 11.7 (8.3) mm (MNHN Ci 2855).

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Smilium acutum purportedly has a worldwide distribution occurring between 61 and 2480 m. It is commonly collected in the northeastern Atlantic ( Hoek 1883; Calman 1918a; Gruvel 1920; Foster & Buckeridge 1995; Young 1998b).