Aulites crosnieri, Bitner, Maria Aleksandra, 2009

Bitner, Maria Aleksandra, 2009, Recent Brachiopoda from the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia, with description of four new species, Zootaxa 2235, pp. 1-39 : 9

Aulites crosnieri sp. nov.

( Fig. 5 ; for a full systematic description see below)

This rhynchonellide, closely related to Cryptopora , was represented by only three specimens from a single sample on Crypthelia seamount at 200– 291 m. The genus Aulites , originally monospecific, was previously known only from off the east, south and west coasts of Australia ( Dall 1920; Richardson 1987). The present finding extends the geographical range of the genus about 1,500 km to the west.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Aulites crosnieri sp. nov., Norfolk Ridge, Norfolk 1 Stn DW 1724, 200 – 291 m: A, dorsal view of young specimen, paratype, MNHN BRA- 3137; B – E, paratype, MNHN BRA- 3138, B, C, dorsal view of complete specimen and enlargement of the umbonal part to show details of the beak, D, E, interior views to show crura and septum (D) and teeth without dental plates (E); F – J, complete specimen, holotype, MNHN BRA- 3136, F, G, ventral and dorsal views and tilted ventral view (H) to show details of radial ornamentation, I, J, enlargement of the umbonal part to show details of the beak (I) and fine capillation anterior to the protegular node (J). All SEM.